CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 911922 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Portunus spp.
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:	[a swimmer crab]
Organism Type:	a swimmer crab
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 911931 Portunidae
Child Codes:	28 911005 Portunus armatus 28 911120 Portunus pelagicus 28 911067 Portunus pubescens 28 911068 Portunus rufiarcus 28 911006 Portunus sanguinolentus 28 911117 Portunus sp. MoV 5287 28 911118 Portunus sp. MoV 5288 28 911114 Portunus sp. MoV 6533 28 911031 Portunus trituberculatus 99 280260 Portunus sp. 1

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9a65ab5b-7af3-4eed-82ec-aac5c1061fb5 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106930 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-11-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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

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