CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
28 590001 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae   (J.L. Barnard, 1931)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family
28 590 Cyamidae (whale lice) - show full list
Common Name
[a whale louse]
Organism Type
a whale louse
Synonyms
Cyamus balaenopterae
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ceab1c70-c290-42ee-bd1a-ea0dca1d29a2
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214803
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-03-02
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Record source
Lowry, J.K., Stoddart, H.E., 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 19.2B: 1-531. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 531pp.
Scientific Name verified against
Iwasa-Arai, T., Serejo, C.S., 2018. Phylogenetic analysis of the family Cyamidae (Crustacea: AMphipoda): a review based on morphological characters., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 184: 66-94.