CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
28 880913 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Inachidae  
Rank
Family
CAAB category
28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family
28 880 Inachidae (spider crabs) - show full list
Common Name
spider crabs
Organism Type
a spider crab
Synonyms
Majidae
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 880918     Achaeus spp.
28 880921     Camposcia spp.
28 880926     Cyrtomaia spp.
28 880927     Dorhynchus spp.
28 880928     Dumea spp.
28 880930     Ephippias spp.
28 880934     Grypachaeus spp.
28 880944     Litosus spp.
28 880946     Macropodia spp.
28 880955     Oncinopus spp.
28 880960     Paratymolus spp.
28 880963     Physachaeus spp.
28 880967     Platymaia spp.
28 880968     Pleistacantha spp.
28 880988     Pleisticanthoides spp.
28 880970     Prosphoracheus spp.
28 880980     Sunipea spp.
28 880986     Vitjazmaia 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
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:43ae4f76-d5dd-4862-b1e1-444f7991faf9
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
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.