CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
28 530000 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Melphidippidae  
Rank
Family
CAAB category
28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family
28 530 Melphidippidae (amphipods) - show full list
Common Name
amphipods
Organism Type
an amphipod
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
28 399000     Amphipoda
Child Codes
28 530903     Melphidippa spp.
28 530902     Melphisana 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
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a00b237a-9567-4f79-938b-ecf93c4e602a
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
ITIS (USA) 94480
View at ITIS
Record source
Coleman, C.O., 2009. Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Melphidippidae., Zootaxa, Vol. 2260: 736-740.
Scientific Name verified against
Lowry, J.K., Myers, A.A., 2017. A phylogeny and classification of the Amphipoda with the estalishment of the new order Ingolfiellida (Craustacea: Peracarida)., Zootaxa, Vol. 4265(1): 1-89. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4265.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4265.1.1