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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 807001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Neaxius acanthus   (A. Milne Edwards, 1879)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 807 Strahlaxiidae (slow prawns) - show full list Common Name: [a slow prawn] Organism Type: a slow prawn Synonyms: Axius acanthus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 807901     Neaxius spp. Previous Codes (if any): 28 801006

Taxon Notes:	This widespread Indo-West Pacific species has been reported from Australian waters, but some of these have been shown to be other species and there are currently no confirmed Australian records of this species. Any Australian records need to be re-examined to determine their true identity.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:964fc260-37a9-4743-aed9-af9ee5531764 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246352 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:	Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., 2018. The Indo-West Pacific species of Neaxiopsis and Neaxius (Crustacea: Axidea: Strahlaxiidae)., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 77: 15-28. . doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.02 doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.02