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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 911121 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Charybdis (Charybdis) japonica   (A. Milne Edwards, 1861)
Rank:	Species
Alternative Scientific Name:	Charybdis japonica    (A. Milne Edwards, 1861)

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 911 Portunidae (swimmer crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a swimmer crab] Organism Type: a swimmer crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 911911     Charybdis spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is native to China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia, and has recently been accidentally introduced to northern New Zealand, probably in ballast water. See Fowler & McLay, 2013.
Identifiers:	AFD NZOR-6-111021 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208836 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-03-02 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Fowler, A.E., McLay, C.L., 2013. Early stages of a New Zealand invasion by Charybdis japonica (A. Milne Edwards, 1861) (Bracyura: Portunidae) from Asia: population demography., Journal of Crustacea Biology, Vol. 33(2): 224-234.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.