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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 911009 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Carcinus maenas   (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 911 Carcinidae (swimmer crabs) - show full list Common Name: European green crab Common Names List: green crab European shore crab shore crab European crab Organism Type: a crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Estuarine Parent Codes: 28 911907     Carcinus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This European species has been accidentally introduced into several areas in southern Australian waters.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0551867b-9cb5-46d6-96b0-7c9875670cc5 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 98734 View at ITIS MoV 1658 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107381 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-01-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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:	Spiridonov, V.A., Neretina, T.V., Schepetov, D., 2014. Morphological characterization and molecular phylogeny of Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea Brachyura): Implications for understanding evolution of swimming capacity and revision of the family-level classification., Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. 253: 404-429. . dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.003 doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.003