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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 911931 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Portunidae  

Rank: Family
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: swimmer crabs
Organism Type: a swimmer crab
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 28 911000     Portunidae, Polybiidae, Ovalipidae, Brusiniidae, Carcinidae
Child Codes: 28 911906     Caphyra spp.
28 911908     Carupa spp.
28 911909     Catoptrus spp.
28 911910     Cavoportunus spp.
28 911911     Charybdis spp.
28 911930     Cycloachelous spp.
28 911913     Gonioinfradens spp.
28 911925     Goniosupradens spp.
28 911914     Laleonectes spp.
28 911915     Libystes spp.
28 911917     Lissocarcinus spp.
28 911929     Lupocycloporus spp.
28 911918     Lupocyclus spp.
28 911927     Monomia spp.
28 911921     Podophthalmus spp.
28 911922     Portunus spp.
28 911902     Scylla spp.
28 911923     Thalamita spp.
28 911924     Thalamitoides spp.
28 911926     Vojmirophthalmus spp.
28 911928     Xiphonectes spp.
Taxon Notes:This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3f2bc0f4-edaa-41f7-a50c-ca84fc7dfccb
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
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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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