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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 964000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Macrophthalmidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 964 Macrophthalmidae (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 964901     Australoplax spp. 28 964902     Chaenostoma spp. 28 964903     Enigmaplax spp. 28 964904     Hemiplax spp. 28 964905     Ilyograpsus spp. 28 964906     Lutogemma spp. 28 964907     Macrophthalmus spp. 28 964908     Tasmanoplax 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 Ocypodidae but is now regarded as a distinct family.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:310c46b1-534d-4983-bf12-c037b0c5d331 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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.