CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 315000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Desmosomatidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 315 Desmosomatidae (isopods) - show full list
Common Name:	isopods
Organism Type:	an isopod
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 200000 Isopoda
Child Codes:	28 315913 Balbidocolon spp. 28 315901 Chelantermedia spp. 28 315910 Chelator spp. 28 315902 Disparella spp. 28 315903 Echinopleura spp. 28 315909 Eugerda spp. 28 315911 Eugerdella spp. 28 315912 Mirabilicoxa spp. 28 315904 Oecidiobranchus spp. 28 315905 Paradesmosoma spp. 28 315914 Parvochelus spp. 28 315906 Prochelator spp. 28 315907 Pseudomesus spp. 28 315915 Torwolia spp. 28 315908 Whoia 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:284ef1cf-ec72-4a4e-a569-8fda2d2c847c Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118250 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2020-08-24 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Brix, S., 2006. A new genus and new species of Desmosomatidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota) from the deep sea of south-eastern Australia., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 63(2): 175-205.

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