Naming
| External identifiers for Ibacus peronii | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 128330 |
| ITIS | 553014 |
| NCBI | 399028 |
| WoRMS | 382923 |
The species Ibacus peronii was described by William Elford Leach in 1815, based on material collected by François Péron. Péron had labelled the animal Scyllarus incisus, and had previously called it Scyllarus kingiensis. Although the type locality was given simply as "New Holland" (now Australia), historical records demonstrate that the animal was caught off King Island, in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland.
Common names used in Australia for Ibacus peronii include Balmain bug, Eastern Balmain bug, butterfly lobster, flapjack, Péron's Ibacus crab, sand crayfish, sand lobster, southern shovel-nosed lobster, prawn killer and squagga, although the last two are not in current use. The named preferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization is butterfly fan lobster. Although it is most widely known as the "Balmain bug", three other species of Ibacus share that name.
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