Specimen J 7394 Halicarcinus ovatus Stimpson, 1858

• Taxon Name

  Halicarcinus ovatus

• Author and date of publication

  Stimpson, 1858

• Preferred Common name

  Three-pronged Sea Spider Crab

• Other Common Names

  Oval Spider Crab

• Date Identified

  1980

• Identified By

  S W. Gunn

• Number Of Specimens

  8

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet

• Expedition Name

  Port Phillip Survey 1957-1963

• Collected By

  Fisheries and Wildlife Department, National Museum of Victoria

• Collection Event Code

  PPS 69

• Sampling Method

  SCUBA

• Depth From (m)

  14.5

• 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

  Hymenosomatidae

• Genus

  Halicarcinus

• Species Name

  ovatus