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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 594037 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Caprella scauroides   Mayer, 1903
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 594 Caprellidae (caprellid amphipods) - show full list Common Name: [a caprellid amphipod] Organism Type: a caprellid amphipod Synonyms: Caprella californica (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 594902     Caprella spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species, native to China and Japan, has been previously confused with the northeast Pacific species C. californica. It is regarded as accidental introductions into Australian and New Zealand waters, most likely by shipping.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:834432 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-02-04 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Takeuchi, I., Oyamada, A., 2013. Description of two species of Caprella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from the North Pacific; C. californica Stimpson, 1857 and C. scauroides Mayer, 1903, with a new appraisal of species ranking for C. scauroides., Helgoland Marine Research, Vol. 67(2): 371-381. . DOI:10.1007/s10152-012-0329-9 doi:10.1007/s10152-012-0329-9
Scientific Name verified against:	Peart, R.A., Woods, C.M.C., Sutherland, J.E., Cox, S.L., 2019. Confirmation of Caprella scauroides Mayer, 1903 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from New Zealand, using integrative techniques., Zootaxa, Vol. 4686(3): 361-375. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4686.3.3 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4686.3.3