CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	28 552911 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Australomicroprotopidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 552 Australomicroprotopidae (amphipods) - show full list
Common Name:	amphipods
Organism Type:	an amphipod
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater
Child Codes:	28 552902 Australomicroprotopus 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:ec65b28a-26e6-424d-aa63-4da938427d0d Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Myers, A.A., Lowry, J.K., Billingham, Z., 2016. A new family, genus and species of freshwater amphipod Australomicroprototpus megacoxa gen. nov. sp. nov. (Senticaudata, Corophiidea, Microprotopoidea, Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov.) from Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 4161(3): 412-418.

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