CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 843910 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Polyonyx spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 843 Porcellanidae (porcelain & half crabs) - show full list
Common Name:	[a porcelain crab]
Organism Type:	a porcelain crab
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 843000 Porcellanidae
Child Codes:	28 843038 Polyonyx biunguiculatus 28 843039 Polyonyx haigae 28 843040 Polyonyx maccullochi 28 843041 Polyonyx obesulus 28 843043 Polyonyx transversus 28 843044 Polyonyx triunguiculatus 99 280293 Polyonyx sp.

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:94b4e4cc-1de0-4bc4-a696-3ca786da50c2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Osawa, M., Naruse, T., Ng, P.K.L., 2018. New records of species of the Polyonyx sinensis group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia, with descriptions of two new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 4429(2): 303-323. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4429.2.6 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4429.2.6

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