CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 842903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gastroptychus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 842 Chirostylidae (squat lobsters) - show full list
Common Name:	[a squat lobster]
Organism Type:	a squat lobster
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 842911 Chirostylidae
Child Codes:	28 842059 Gastroptychus brachyterus 28 842046 Gastroptychus novaezelandiae 28 842013 Gastroptychus sternoornatus

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:c156cce2-9186-49f4-bf7e-329777fab8a5 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Baba, K., Ahyong, S.T., Schnabel, K.E., 2018. Rediagnosis of the squat lobster genus Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896, with a new genus Sternostylus and a new family Sternostylidae., Zootaxa, Vol. 4524(1): 77-86. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.5 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.5

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report