CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 477005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Vallorchestia dispar (Dana, 1852)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 477 Talitridae (amphipods) - show full list
Common Name:	[an amphipod]
Organism Type:	an amphipod
Synonyms:	Orchestia gammarellus Orchestia dispar
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 477914 Vallorchestia spp.

Taxon Notes:

Previously recorded in error as Orchestia gammarellus, which is not an Australian species (see Lowry & Stoddart (2003) ABRS Zoo. Cat. Vol. 19.2B).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3a2d5091-ac1c-4b59-924f-639261565588 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:991834 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Lowry, J.K., Stoddart, H.E., 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 19.2B: 1-531. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 531pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Lowry, J.K., 2012. Talitrid amphipods from ocean beaches along the New South Wales coast of Australia (Amphipoda, Talitridae)., Zootaxa, Vol. 3575: 1-26.

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