CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Isopoda (order) » Cirolanidae (family)

CAAB Code:	28 220065 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Cirolana harfordi (Lockington, 1877)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 220 Cirolanidae (isopods or sea lice) - show full list
Common Name:	[an isopod]
Organism Type:	an isopod
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 220906 Cirolana spp.

Taxon Notes:

Native to the Pacific coast of North America, this species was accidentally introduced into Australia waters, probably by shipping.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9c02735c-99ed-4516-9bb0-1e603d70a014 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256526 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-03-02 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Bruce, N.L., 1986. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia., Records of the Australian Museum Supplement, Vol. 6: 1-239.
Scientific Name verified against:	Huisiman, J.M., Jones, D.S., Wells, F.E., Burton, T., 2008. Introduced marine biota in Western Australian waters., Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol. 25: 1-44.

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