CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Arthropoda (phylum)  »  Malacostraca (class)  »  Decapoda (order)  »  Parastacidae (family)

CAAB Code: 28 795120 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Geocharax tasmanicus   (Erichson, 1846)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 795 Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish, yabbies) - show full list
Common Name: [a freshwater crayfish or yabby]
Organism Type: a freshwater crayfish or yabby
Synonyms: Geocharax gracilis
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Freshwater
Parent Codes: 28 795907     Geocharax spp.
Scientific Name Notes:This name was mis-applied in the past to several species as Parastacoides tasmanicus - these other species are now placed in the genera Ombrastacoides and Spinastacoides.

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:994841
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05
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:		 Hansen, B., Richardson, A.M.M., 2006. A revision of the Tasmanian endemic freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae)., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 20: 713-769.
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