CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	28 840902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Munididae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 840 Munididae (squat lobsters) - show full list
Common Name:	squat lobsters
Organism Type:	a squat lobster
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 840000 Galatheidae, Munididae & Munidopsidae
Child Codes:	28 840905 Agononida spp. 28 840907 Anoplonida spp. 28 840908 Bathymunida spp. 28 840909 Crosnierita spp. 28 840910 Enriquea spp. 28 840924 Hendersonida spp. 28 840913 Heteronida spp. 28 840901 Munida spp. 28 840917 Onconida spp. 28 840918 Paramunida spp. 28 840920 Plesionida spp. 28 840921 Raymunida spp. 28 840922 Tasmanida spp. 28 840923 Torbenella spp.

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1237a0de-fcd0-4ae9-8f13-5684e2c2ed32 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Ahyong, S.T., Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., 2010. A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)., Zootaxa, Vol. 2676: 57-68.

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