WoRMS taxon details
Tanaoa kuka Galil & Ng, 2015
1036036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1036036)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Galil, B. S.; Ng, P. K. L. (2015). Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4027(4): 451-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Holotype: male (33.0 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-7963),...
type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type material Holotype: male (33.0 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-7963), stn CP3984, Bismarck Sea, northwest Long I., 05°12'S 146°59'E, 500 m, 6.12.2012. Paratypes: 3 males (32.4 mm, 33.8 mm, 32.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-17899), 1 male (33.1 mm) (ZRC 2015.271), same data as holotype; 1 immature male (18.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-8886), stn CP3979, north Bagabag Is, 04°44'S 146°11'E, 540–580 m, Bismarck Sea, 5.12.2012 [details]
Etymology Kuka for “crab” in Tok Pisin, the Pidgin language spoken in Papua New Guinea. The name is used as a noun in apposition
Etymology Kuka for “crab” in Tok Pisin, the Pidgin language spoken in Papua New Guinea. The name is used as a noun in apposition [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Tanaoa kuka Galil & Ng, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1036036 on 2024-04-18
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Galil, B. S.; Ng, P. K. L. (2015). Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4027(4): 451-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Kuka for “crab” in Tok Pisin, the Pidgin language spoken in Papua New Guinea. The name is used as a noun in apposition [details]Type material Holotype: male (33.0 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-7963), stn CP3984, Bismarck Sea, northwest Long I., 05°12'S 146°59'E, 500 m, 6.12.2012. Paratypes: 3 males (32.4 mm, 33.8 mm, 32.5 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-17899), 1 male (33.1 mm) (ZRC 2015.271), same data as holotype; 1 immature male (18.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-8886), stn CP3979, north Bagabag Is, 04°44'S 146°11'E, 540–580 m, Bismarck Sea, 5.12.2012 [details]
