Decanet taxon details
Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937
210318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210318)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmitt, W. L. (1937) A new species of Emerita (Crustacea) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 32(2): 25–29, pl. 3. [details] Available for editors 
Type locality contained in Durban Bay
type locality contained in Durban Bay [details]
Distribution Dar Es-Salaam, Madagascar and Mozambique south to Durban and Natal, South Africa
Distribution Dar Es-Salaam, Madagascar and Mozambique south to Durban and Natal, South Africa [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210318 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Schmitt, W. L. (1937) A new species of Emerita (Crustacea) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 32(2): 25–29, pl. 3. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Ruwa, R.K. (1989). Macrofaunal composition and zonation on sandy beaches at Gazi, Kanamai and Malindi Bay, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences (Series B) 10 (1-2): 31-45 [details]
basis of record Ruwa, R.K. (1989). Macrofaunal composition and zonation on sandy beaches at Gazi, Kanamai and Malindi Bay, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences (Series B) 10 (1-2): 31-45 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Dar Es-Salaam, Madagascar and Mozambique south to Durban and Natal, South Africa [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Wet fine sandstore [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Emerita austroafricana)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 71446)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Emerita austroafricana)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 71446)