CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 960901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ocypode spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 960 Ocypodidae (ghost and fiddler crabs) - show full list
Common Name:	[a ghost crab]
Organism Type:	a ghost crab
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 960000 Ocypodidae
Child Codes:	28 960008 Ocypode ceratophthalmus 28 960031 Ocypode convexa 28 960009 Ocypode cordimana 28 960032 Ocypode fabricii 28 960033 Ocypode kuhlii 28 960034 Ocypode pallidula

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:79e62c32-778a-43f1-bc55-5e2655c8e710 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D., Liu, M.-Y., 2016. Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera., Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 64: 139-175.

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