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CAAB Code:	28 223903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ceratothoa spp.

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca	Distribution map: Occurrence locations shown as circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Family:	Cymothoidae (isopods) - show full list
Common Name:	[an isopod]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 223000 Cymothoidae - undifferentiated
Child Codes:	28 223026 Ceratothoa banksii 28 223075 Ceratothoa barracuda 28 223070 Ceratothoa carinata 28 223076 Ceratothoa globulus 28 223023 Ceratothoa guttata 28 223024 Ceratothoa imbricata 28 223071 Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena 28 223025 Ceratothoa retusa 28 223028 Ceratothoa usacarangis
Organism Type:	an isopod

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:efb2831c-9afc-48c2-ba0b-643e40374d7b Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118407 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-04-16 View at WoRMS - also at OBIS (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Hadfield, K.A. Bruce, N.L. Smit, N.J., 2016. Redescription of poorly known species of Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), based on original type material., ZooKeys, Vol. 592: 39-91. . doi:10.3897/zookeys.592.8098

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report