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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	27 560002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Amphibalanus amphitrite   (Darwin, 1854)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 27 - Crustacea - non-Malacostraca Copepods, ostracods, barnacles, and minor crustacean groups Family: 27 560 Balanidae (barnacles) - show full list Common Name: [a barnacle] Organism Type: a barnacle Synonyms: Balanus amphitrite Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 27 560901     Amphibalanus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is found in most temperate to tropical areas worldwide. It is likely to have been introduced to many areas as hull fouling on shipping. Native range is uncertain.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2a4ca4d7-e56f-4594-93f1-99df98d6ab47 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 89616 View at ITIS MoV 3306 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421137 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-01-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Jones, D.S., 2003. The biogeography of Western Australian shallow water barnacles. In: Wells, F.E. Walker, D.I. Jones, D.S., Editors, The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia.: 479-496. Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA
Scientific Name verified against:	Jones, D.S., 2010. The littoral and shallow-water barmacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia) of south-eastern Queensland., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, Vol. 54(3): 199-233.