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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 28 911932 show as JSON
Scientific Name
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Polybiidae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 911 Polybiidae (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 911916     Liocarcinus spp.
28 911920     Parathranites 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:db82084a-093a-4789-98af-40e8952180b3
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
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Scientific Name
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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
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