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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 532000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Cheirocratidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 532 Cheirocratidae (amphipods) - show full list Common Name: amphipods Organism Type: an amphipod Synonyms: Melphidippidae (in part) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 399000     Amphipoda Child Codes: 28 532901     Cheirocratus spp. 28 532902     Prosocratus 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.
Scientific Name Notes:	Most of the genera now included in this family have previously been loosely associated with the family Melphidippidae, and were included under that name by Lowry & Stoddart (2003) ABRS Zoo. Cat. Vol. 19.2B.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:23fe774e-c960-4c53-9ba2-703c08d68ad5 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Record source:

Coleman, C.O., Lowry, J.K., 2009. Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Cheirocratidae, Zootaxa, Vol. 2260: 333-338.