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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 930909 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Perisesarma spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 930 Sesarmidae (rock crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a rock crab] Organism Type: a rock crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 930000     Sesarmidae

Taxon Notes:	This genus is now restricted to a single species, Perisesarma dusumieri, found widely in the western Indo Pacific but not known from Australia. All Australian species previously included in this genus are now placed in Parasesarma. See Shahdadi & Schubart, 2018. 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:c5277e82-15f5-4d44-a056-e6f59f38b0f7 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Shahdadi, A., Schubart, C.D., 2018. Taxonomic review of Perisesarma (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) and closely related genera based on morphology and molecular phylogenetics: new classification, two new genera and the questionable phylogenetic value of the epibranchial tooth., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 182(3): 517-548. . doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx032 doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx032