CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 590901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Cyamus spp.
Rank:	Genus

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
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 590000 Cyamidae
Child Codes:	28 590002 Cyamus boopis 28 590003 Cyamus catodontis 28 590004 Cyamus erraticus

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:caa3c5fb-289c-4b87-8885-6dd8c8789a57 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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.

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