Taylor, J. & Poore G. C. B. (2012) List of decapod crustaceans (Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda) in Port Phillip. Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
This list is based on Museum Victoria collection records and knowledge of local experts. It includes all species in Port Phillip and nearby waters that are known to these sources.
Number of species listed: 126.
Species (Author) Higher Classification
Actaea peronii Milne Edwards, 1834 Xanthidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Acutigebia simsoni (Thomson, 1893) Upogebiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Albunea groeningi Boyko, 2002 Albuneidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Alpheus cf. gracilipes Stimpson, 1861 Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876 Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971 Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878 Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Alpheus villosus (Olivier, 1811) Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Amarinus laevis (Targioni Tozzetti, 1877) Hymenosomatidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Anacinetops stimpsoni (Miers, 1879) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Areopaguristes tuberculatus (Whitelegge, 1900) Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Athanopsis australis Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Australomysis incisa (Sars, 1883) Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Austrosquilla osculans (Hale, 1924) Nannosquillidae : Stomatopoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Axius werribee (Poore & Griffin, 1979) Axiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Bellidilia laevis (Bell, 1855) Leucosiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Bellidilia undecimspinosa (Kinahan, 1856) Leucosiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Biffarius arenosus (Poore, 1975) Callianassidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Biffarius ceramicus (Fulton & Grant, 1906) Callianassidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Brachynotus spinosus (Milne Edwards, 1853) Grapsidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Callianassa limosa Poore, 1975 Callianassidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Calliax tooradin (Poore & Griffin, 1979) Callianassidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Cancellus typus Milne Edwards, 1836 Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) Portunidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Chlorotocella spinicaudus (Milne Edwards, 1837) Pandalidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Crangon uritai Hayashi & Kim, 1999 Crangonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda
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Cyclograpsus granulosus Milne Edwards, 1853 Grapsidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796) Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Distosquilla miles (Hess, 1865) Squillidae : Stomatopoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Ebalia crassipes (Bell, 1855) Leucosiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Ebalia dentifrons Miers, 1886 Leucosiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Ebalia intermedia Miers, 1886 Leucosiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Eucalliax aequimanus (Baker, 1907) Callianassidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Galathea australiensis Stimpson, 1858 Galatheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Guinusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Plagusiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Halicarcinus ovatus Stimpson, 1858 Hymenosomatidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Halicarcinus rostratus (Haswell, 1881) Hymenosomatidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Haplostylus dakini (Tattersall, 1940) Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Haplostylus robustus (Panampunnayil, 1989) Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Helograpsus haswellianus (Whitelegge, 1889) Grapsidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Heteromysis cf. waitei Tattersall, 1927 Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Heteropilumnus fimbriatus (Milne Edwards, 1834) Pilumnidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Hexapinus granuliferus (Campbell & Stephenson, Hexapodidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda 1970) Hippolyte australiensis Stimpson, 1860 Hippolytidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Hippolyte caradina Holthuis, 1947 Hippolytidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Ibacus peronii Leach, 1815 Scyllaridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875) Palinuridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Lamarckdromia globosa (Lamarck, 1818) Dromiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Latreutes compressus (Stimpson, 1860) Hippolytidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Leptochela sydniensis Dakin & Colefax, 1940 Pasiphaeidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Leptograpsodes octodentatus (Milne Edwards, Grapsidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda 1837) Leptomithrax gaimardii (Milne Edwards, 1834) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Leptomithrax sternocostulatus (Milne Edwards, Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda 1851) Liocarcinus corrugatus (Pennant, 1777) Portunidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Litocheira bispinosa Kinahan, 1856 Goneplacidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Lomis hirta (Lamarck, 1818) Lomisidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Lophopagurus nanus (Henderson, 1888) Paguridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Lucifer hanseni Nobili, 1905 Luciferidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Melicertus plebejus Hess, 1865 Penaeidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Metadromia wilsoni (Fulton & Grant, 1902) Dromiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Microhalimus deflexifrons (Haswell, 1880) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda
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Micropagurus acantholepis (Stimpson, 1858) Paguridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Mictyris platycheles Milne Edwards, 1852 Mictyridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Munida gregaria (Fabricius, 1793) Galatheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Munida haswelli Henderson, 1885 Galatheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Mysidetes sp. MoV 618 Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Mysinae sp. MoV 1017 Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Naxia aries (Guérin-Méneville, 1834) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Naxia aurita (Latreille, 1825) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Naxia spinosa (Hess, 1865) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Naxia tumida (Dana, 1852) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Nebalia sp. MoV 1666 Nebaliidae : Leptostraca : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Nebalia sp. MoV 3757 Nebaliidae : Leptostraca : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Nebalia longicornis Thomson, 1879 Nebaliidae : Leptostraca : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Nectocarcinus integrifrons (Latreille, 1825) Portunidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Nectocarcinus tuberculosus Milne Edwards, 1860 Portunidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Notomithrax minor (Filhol, 1885) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Notomithrax ursus (Herbst, 1788) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Nyctiphanes australis Sars, 1883 Euphausiidae : Euphausiacea : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Ostracotheres holothuriensis (Baker, 1907) Pinnotheridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Ovalipes australiensis Stephenson & Rees, 1968 Portunidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Ovalipes catharus (White, 1843) Portunidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paguristes sp. MoV 698 Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paguristes brevirostris Baker, 1905 Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paguristes frontalis (Milne Edwards, 1836) Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paguristes pugil McCulloch, 1913 Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paguristes sulcatus Baker, 1905 Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pagurixus handrecki Gunn & Morgan, 1992 Paguridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pagurixus jerviensis McLaughlin & Haig, 1984 Paguridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Palaemon dolospina Walker & Poore, 2003 Palaemonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Palaemon intermedius (Stimpson, 1860) Palaemonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Palaemon litoreus (McCulloch, 1909) Palaemonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Palaemon serenus (Heller, 1862) Palaemonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paragrapsus gaimardii (Milne Edwards, 1837) Grapsidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paragrapsus laevis (Dana, 1851) Grapsidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paragrapsus quadridentatus (Milne Edwards, 1837) Grapsidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paramithrax barbicornis (Latreille, 1825) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Paranchialina angusta (Sars, 1883) Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda
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Paranebalia sp. MoV 94 Paranebaliidae : Leptostraca : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Petrocheles australiensis (Miers, 1876) Porcellanidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Philocheras intermedius (Bate, 1863) Crangonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Philocheras obliquus (Fulton & Grant, 1902) Crangonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Philocheras victoriensis (Fulton & Grant, 1902) Crangonidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pilumnopeus serratifrons (Kinahan, 1856) Pilumnidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pilumnus acer Rathbun, 1923 Pilumnidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pilumnus etheridgei Rathbun, 1923 Pilumnidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pilumnus monilifer Haswell, 1881 Pilumnidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pilumnus rufopunctatus Stimpson, 1858 Pilumnidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pilumnus tomentosus Latreille, 1825 Pilumnidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pinnotheres hickmani (Guiler, 1950) Pinnotheridae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Polyonyx transversus (Haswell, 1882) Porcellanidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pycnoplax meridionalis (Rathbun, 1923) Goneplacidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) Majidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Rhynchocinetes australis Hale, 1941 Rhynchocinetidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Siriella vincenti Tattersall, 1927 Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Stimdromia lamellata (Ortmann, 1894) Dromiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Stimdromia lateralis (Gray, 1831) Dromiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Strahlaxius plectrorhynchus (Strahl, 1861) Strahlaxiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Strahlaxius waroona (Poore & Griffin, 1979) Strahlaxiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Strigopagurus strigimanus (White, 1847) Diogenidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Synalpheus tumidomanus (Paul'son, 1875) Alpheidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Tasmanoplax latifrons Haswell, 1881 Ocypodidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Tenagomysis tasmaniae Fenton, 1991 Mysidae : Mysida : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Trigonoplax longirostris McCulloch, 1908 Hymenosomatidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Trypaea australiensis Dana, 1852 Callianassidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda Upogebia dromana Poore & Griffin, 1979 Upogebiidae : Decapoda : Malacostraca : Arthropoda
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