Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 28 765047
Scientific Name and Authority: Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca - Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 765 Alpheidae (snapping shrimps|pistol prawns)    show full list

Common Name: (not designated)
Suggested Indexable Form: (not designated)
Common Names List:
Organism Type: a snapping shrimp

Other names used in Australia:

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Parent Codes (if any):
   28 765000 .. Alpheidae - undifferentiated .. pistol prawns
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Previous Codes (if any):

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: No
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: No

Record source:
   Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K., Editors. Zoological Catalogue of Australia., Vol. 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. 551pp.

Scientific Name verified against:
   Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K., Editors. Zoological Catalogue of Australia., Vol. 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. 551pp.

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory