CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 28 911903 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Portunus pelagicus sensu lato  

Rank: Genus
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): BLUE SWIMMER CRABS
Organism Type: a swimming crab
Synonyms: Portunus pelagicus Portunus armatus
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 28 911922     Portunus spp.
Taxon Notes:This code is provided for use for all Blue Swimmer Crabs previously included within Portunus pelagicus, which has now been revised to include several different species, see Lai, Ng & Davie (2010). This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
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Scientific Name
verified against:		 Lai, J.C.Y., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., 2010. A revision of the Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) species complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae), with the recognition of four species., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 58(2): 199-237.
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