CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 962000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Palicidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 962 Palicidae (crabs) - show full list
Common Name:	crabs
Organism Type:	a crab
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 708000 Decapoda
Child Codes:	28 962901 Exopalicus spp. 28 962902 Micropalicus spp. 28 962903 Neopalicus spp. 28 962904 Palicoides spp. 28 962905 Paliculus spp. 28 962906 Parapalicus spp. 28 962907 Pseudopalicus spp.

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Occurrence locations [8] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

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:9f025e39-3d58-45ee-b89d-c06560c26cf1 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106774 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-09-08 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Castro, P., 2000. Crustacea Decapoda: A revision of the Indo-Pacific species of palicid crabs (Brachyura Palicidae). In: Crosnier, A., Editor, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 184. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 21: 437-610.

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