CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Amphipoda (order) » Giniphargidae (family)

CAAB Code:	28 435953 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Giniphargidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 435 Giniphargidae (amphipods) - show full list
Common Name:	amphipods
Organism Type:	an amphipod
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater
Parent Codes:	28 435000 Paramelitidae, Chillagoeidae, Giniphargidae
Child Codes:	28 435906 Giniphargus 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:059f77df-74e6-4fc9-beda-b3f02f4bf21b Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Lowry, J.K., Myers, A.A., 2012. New, mainly southern hemisphere, freshwater families of Amphipoda (Crustacea), together with a description of the first freshwater calliopiid, Lutriwita bradburyi gen. nov. et sp. nov., Zootaxa, Vol. 3499: 27-45.

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