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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Euryplacidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 913000 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Euryplacidae - undifferentiated |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | |
| Family: | 28 913 Euryplacidae (crab) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | crabs | |
| Organism Type: | a crab | |
| Synonyms: | Goneplacidae | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 708000
Order Decapoda - undifferentiated | |
| Child Codes: |
28 913901
Eucrate spp. 28 913902 Platyozius spp. 28 913903 Trissoplax 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. | ||
| Scientific Name Notes: | This family was at one time included in the Goneplacidae, but is now regarded as a distinct family. The group generally is in need of revision. | ||
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| Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Ng, P.K.L. Guinot, D. Davie, P.J.F, 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement, Vol. 17: 1-286. |