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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 215012 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aega punctulata   Miers, 1881
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 215 Aegidae (isopods) - show full list Common Name: [an isopod] Organism Type: an isopod Synonyms: Aega edwardsi Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 215901     Aega spp.

Taxon Notes:	This South American species is not currently known to occur in Australian waters. Previous records of this species from the Australian region were based on mis-identified material. See Bruce (2009).
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:54f88a9d-f339-41d3-9f55-98b3530ccf2f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256431 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Poore, G.C.B., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In: Houston, W.W.K. Beesley, P.L., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 19.2A: 1-434. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 434pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Bruce, N.L., 2009. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 122: 1-252.