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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 781007 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Parapontophilus abyssi   (Smith, 1884)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 781 Crangonidae (carid shrimps) - show full list Common Name: [a carid shrimp] Organism Type: a carid shrimp Synonyms: Parapontophilus gracilis abyssi Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 781907     Parapontophilus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species, originally described from the Atlantic, is currently not considered to occur in Australian waters, and any Australian records need to be re-examined to determine their true identity. See Komai, 2008.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107554 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 551pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Komai, T., 2008. A world-wide review of species of the deep-water crangonid genus Parapontophilus Christoffersen, 1988 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea), with descriptions of ten new species., Zoosystema, Vol. 30(2): 261-332.