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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	28 880912 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Epialtidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 880 Epialtidae (spider crabs) - show full list Common Name: spider crabs Organism Type: a spider crab Synonyms: Majidae Huenidae 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 880916     Acanthonyx spp. 28 880917     Acanthophrys spp. 28 880920     Austrolibinia spp. 28 880923     Criocarcinus spp. 28 880932     Giranauria spp. 28 880933     Griffinia spp. 28 880935     Herbstia spp. 28 880936     Hoplophrys spp. 28 880937     Huenia spp. 28 880938     Hyastenus spp. 28 880940     Lahaina spp. 28 880941     Laubierinia spp. 28 880942     Leptomaia spp. 28 880945     Lyramaia spp. 28 880948     Menaethius spp. 28 880950     Micippoides spp. 28 880953     Naxioides spp. 28 880956     Oxypleurodon spp. 28 880961     Perinia spp. 28 880962     Phalangipus spp. 28 880964     Picrocerus spp. 28 880972     Pugettia spp. 28 880974     Rochinia spp. 28 880975     Sargassocarcinus spp. 28 880979     Simocarcinus spp. 28 880982     Thusaenys spp. 28 880985     Tylocarcinus spp. 28 880987     Xenocarcinus 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.
Scientific Name Notes:	This family was at one time included as a subfamily in the Majidae, but is now regarded as a distinct family.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d5cc9a24-adc3-44ee-8664-b86683393985 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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.