Specimen J 4677 Leptomithrax gaimardii (Milne Edwards, 1834)

• Taxon Name

  Leptomithrax gaimardii

• Author and date of publication

  (Milne Edwards, 1834)

• Preferred Common name

  Giant Spider Crab

• Other Common Names

  Great Spider Crab

• Date Identified

  1983

• Identified By

  S W. Gunn

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)

• Collected By

  Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria, Peter Forsyth

• Collection Event Code

  BSS 115 T

• Sampling Method

  trawl, 20m prawn

• Date Visited From

  4/11/1980 12:00 PM

• Date Visited To

  4/11/1980 12:30 PM

• Depth To (m)

  33

• Depth From (m)

  33

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Arthropoda

• Subphylum

  Crustacea

• Superclass

  Multicrustacea

• Class

  Malacostraca

• Subclass

  Eumalacostraca

• Superorder

  Eucarida

• Order

  Decapoda

• Suborder

  Pleocyemata

• Infraorder

  Brachyura

• Family

  Majidae

• Subfamily

  Majinae

• Genus

  Leptomithrax

• Species Name

  gaimardii