CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Maxillopoda (class) » Siphonostomatoida (order) » Caligidae (family)

CAAB Code:	27 383000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Caligidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	27 - Crustacea - non-Malacostraca Copepods, ostracods, barnacles, and minor crustacean groups
Family:	27 383 Caligidae (parasitic copepods) - show full list
Common Name:	parasitic copepods
Organism Type:	a parasitic copepod
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Child Codes:	27 383903 Abasia spp. 27 383904 Alebion spp. 27 383905 Anuretes spp. 27 383906 Caligodes spp. 27 383901 Caligus spp. 27 383907 Hermilius spp. 27 383908 Lepeophtheirus spp. 27 383909 Mappates spp. 27 383910 Pupulina spp. 27 383902 Sinocaligus spp.

Taxon Notes:

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

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:19103caa-26c6-4d18-93fc-b8e4b78cb469 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Boxshall, G., 2018. The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 4398(1): 1-172. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1

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