CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 28 223032 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Cymothoa curta   Schioedte & Meinert, 1884

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 223 Cymothoidae (isopods) - show full list
Common Name: [an isopod]
Organism Type: an isopod
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Special purpose listing - see taxon notes
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 28 223906     Cymothoa spp.
Taxon Notes:This South American species is not found in Australia, and any previous records of this species from the Australasian region need to be re-examined to determine their true identity.

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118882
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:		 Martin, M.B., Bruce, N.L., Nowak, B.F., 2016. Review of the fish-parastic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 4119(1): 1-72.
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