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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 28 539000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Maeridae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 539 Maeridae (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 539901     Austromaera spp.
28 539919     Ceradocoides spp.
28 539902     Ceradocopsis spp.
28 539903     Ceradocus spp.
28 539904     Elasmopus spp.
28 539905     Glossomaera spp.
28 539920     Haminaera spp.
28 539906     Hoho spp.
28 539921     Huonella spp.
28 539907     Jerbarnia spp.
28 539923     Leeuwinella spp.
28 539908     Linguimaera spp.
28 539918     Maera spp.
28 539922     Maeraceterus spp.
28 539909     Maeropsis spp.
28 539910     Mallacoota spp.
28 539917     Miramaera spp.
28 539911     Paraceradocus spp.
28 539916     Parapherusa spp.
28 539912     Parelasmopus spp.
28 539924     Pseudelasmopus spp.
28 539913     Quadrimaera spp.
28 539914     Quadrivisio spp.
28 539915     Saurodocus 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:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:79100db7-9165-48b3-b7fc-825d8aa763e3
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475166
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-08-24
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Krapp-Schickel, T., 2009. Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Maeridae, the Ceradocus group., Zootaxa, Vol. 2260: 598-642.
Scientific Name
verified against
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Hughes, L.E., 2016. New genera, species and records of Maeridae from Australian waters: Austromaera, Ceradocus, Glossomaera, Hamimaera, Huonella gen. nov., Linguimaera and Maeraceterus gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)., Zootaxa, Vol. 4115(1): 1-81.
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