CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 932905 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Metopograpsus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 932 Grapsidae (shore crabs) - show full list
Common Name:	[a shore crab]
Organism Type:	a shore crab
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 932000 Grapsidae
Child Codes:	28 932010 Metopograpsus frontalis 28 932011 Metopograpsus latifrons 28 932012 Metopograpsus quadridentatus 28 932013 Metopograpsus thukuhar

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:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f7456327-07bf-47c9-8e99-2fd1a9662a76 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Fratini, S., Cannicci, S., Schubart, C.D., 2018. Molecular phylogeny of the crab genus Metopograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae) reveals high intraspecific genetic variation and distinct evolutionarily significant units., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 32: 215-223. . doi.org/10.1071/IS17034 doi:10.1071/IS17034

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