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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 911928 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Xiphonectes 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 Synonyms: Portunus (Xiphonectes) spp. Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 911931     Portunidae Child Codes: 28 911069     Xiphonectes brockii 28 911030     Xiphonectes hastatoides 28 911106     Xiphonectes longispinosus 28 911108     Xiphonectes pulchricristatus 28 911070     Xiphonectes rugosus 28 911029     Xiphonectes spinipes 28 911071     Xiphonectes stephensoni 28 911072     Xiphonectes tenuicaudatus 28 911042     Xiphonectes tenuipes 28 911073     Xiphonectes tuberculosus

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:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450285 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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