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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 911122 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scylla paramamosain   Estampador, 1950
Rank:	Species

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 (AS5300): Keeled Mud Crab Common Names List: keeled mud 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 911902     Scylla spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is known from several areas in south-east Asia, but there are currently no confirmed records from Australia - Peter Davie, Queensland Museum, pers. comm. Previous Australian records of this species were based on mis-identifications of Scylla serrata.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442832 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2018-02-20 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., 2018. Pers. Comm.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.