CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 815904 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Willemoesia spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 815 Polychelidae (blind and soft-bodied deep-sea lobsters) - show full list
Common Name:	[a blind or soft-bodied deep-sea lobster]
Organism Type:	a blind or soft-bodied deep-sea lobster
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 815000 Polychelidae
Child Codes:	28 815021 Willemoesia forceps 28 815022 Willemoesia leptodactyla 28 815011 Willemoesia pacifica

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:4fc5a296-40a9-41c1-a286-6f98d0bea1d0 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Galil, B.S., 2000. Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. In: Crosnier, A., Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 184. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 21: 285-387.

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