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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	28 477903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chelorchestia spp.
Rank:	Genus

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 Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 28 477931     Talitridae

Taxon Notes:	This central American genus is not currently known from Australia - the species previous assigned here is now included in Floresorchestia. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5c834ec4-fba3-427b-b215-4d92b65ad0d1 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

Lowry, J.K., Springthorpe, R.T., 2015. Coastal Talitridae (Amphipoda: Talitroidea) from north-western Australia to Darwin with a revision of the genus Cochinorchestia Lowry & Peart, 2010., Zootaxa, Vol. 3985(2): 151-202.