CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	28 517027 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Polycheria antarctica   (Stebbing, 1875)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 517 Dexaminidae (amphipods) - show full list Common Name: [an amphipod] Organism Type: an amphipod Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 517906     Polycheria spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species was originally described from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and the name has been used as a "catch-all" for members of this genus from the Australian-New Zealand-Antarctic region. It is highly likely that records of this species from Australia and New Zealand actually refer to as-yet unrecognised distinct species in the genus.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:aeb7aab2-255f-413e-9aa8-715a0d515af0 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:237412 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 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:	Peart, R.A., Spong, K., Sutherland, J., Kelly, M., 2019. A new species of sponge-dwelling amphipod, Polycheria spongoteras sp. nov., from Spirits Bay, Northland, New Zealand., Zootaxa, Vol. 4674(1): 127-141. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.7 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.7