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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 539099 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Elasmopus rapax   Costa, 1853
Rank:	Species

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: [an amphipod] Organism Type: an amphipod Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 539904     Elasmopus spp.

Taxon Notes:	All known records of this species from Australian waters are from temperate port and harbour sites, and it is regarded as a non-native invasive species (see Hughes & Lowry, 2010), and has been found in many temperate areas worldwide. While it was originally described from the Mediterranean, this may not be its biogeographic origin.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6720879a-0ed9-4d8a-8ea1-d06d031d616b Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102805 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Hughes, L.E., Lowry, J.K., 2010. Establishing a neotype for Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853 and its presence as an invasive species in temperate Australian waters., Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 30(4): 699-709.