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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 28 546000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Photidae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 546 Photidae (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 546901     Aetiopedes spp.
28 546902     Cheiriphotis spp.
28 546903     Gammaropsis spp.
28 546904     Graciliphotis spp.
28 546905     Latigammaropsis spp.
28 546906     Photis spp.
28 546907     Virgammaropsis 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:Many species in this family were previously placed in the Isaeidae.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:92c358c5-a571-4b01-8382-24ce2bb2b5ad
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
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Scientific Name
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Myers, A.A., Lowry, J.K., 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)., Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 23(2): 443-485.
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