The crustacean order Isopoda (excluding Asellota, crustacean symbionts and freshwater
taxa) comprise 3154 described marine species in 379 genera in 37 families according to the …

Background The question of how many marine species exist is important because it provides
a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have compiled …

Port Phillip Bay (PPB) is a large (1,930 km 2 ), temperate embayment in southern Victoria,
Australia. Extensive bay-wide surveys of PPB have occurred since 1840. In 1995/1996 the …

A comprehensive guide to the identification of more than 700 species of Decapod and
Stomatopod crustaceans from southern Australian waters. It is liberally illustrated with more than …

The World Register of Marine Species is an over 90% complete open-access inventory of
all marine species names. Here we illustrate the scale of the problems with species names, …

The high level classification of the Galatheoidea, popularly known as squat lobsters, has
been relatively stable for almost a century. Multiple recent studies of their interrelationships, …

… are monophyletic (Cohen and Poore 1994) and are represented … ) are undoubtedly
monophyletic (Poore 2001a) and can be … -taxa, another five families (Poore 2001b). Although …

Poore, GCB, 1994. A phytogeny of the families of Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) with
keys to families and genera. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54: 79-120. The confused …

Growth rates of three species of abalone in New Zealand were estimated by fitting data to
the von Bertalanffy growth equation. Length‐frequency analysis and tagging were used for …

Aim To relate patterns of distribution of marine echinoderms and decapods around southern
Australia to major ecological and historical factors. Location Shallow‐water (0–100 m) …