CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 880 Majidae (spider crabs) - show full list
Common Name: spider crabs
Organism Type: a spider crab
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 28 880000 Majidae & related families
Child Codes: 28 880902     Alcomaja spp.
28 880919     Anacinetops spp.
28 880922     Choniognathus spp.
28 880924     Cyclax spp.
28 880925     Cyclocoeloma spp.
28 880929     Entomonyx spp.
28 880931     Eurynome spp.
28 880904     Holthuija spp.
28 880939     Kimbla spp.
28 880943     Leptomithrax spp.
28 880949     Micippa spp.
28 880951     Microhalimus spp.
28 880952     Naxia spp.
28 880954     Notomithrax spp.
28 880957     Paraentomonyx spp.
28 880947     Paramaja spp.
28 880903     Paramaya spp.
28 880958     Paramithrax spp.
28 880959     Paranaxia spp.
28 880965     Pippacirama spp.
28 880966     Planotergum spp.
28 880969     Prismatopus spp.
28 880971     Pseudomicippe spp.
28 880905     Sakaija spp.
28 880976     Schizophroida spp.
28 880977     Schizophrys spp.
28 880978     Seiitaoides spp.
28 880981     Teratomaia spp.
28 880983     Tiarinia spp.
28 880984     Tumulosternum 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

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e04434f3-a927-463e-b7d4-a48c1dc45b38 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
ITIS (USA)	98417 View at ITIS
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106760 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Distribution Map: View detailed map

Occurrence locations [9] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Record source: Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 641pp.
Scientific Name verified against: Ng, P.K.L., Guinot, D., Davie, P.J.F, 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement, Vol. 17: 1-286.

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report