Welcome to the non-frames version of our www search interface for CAAB. This has the ability to search the CAAB database on-line and generate detailed reports on any taxon. Users can use this interface to match a code to a taxon name, see current or alternative scientific or common names for any taxon or code, and access a variety of on-line links as available in the database.

There is also a frames version of this interface which offers additional convenience, if your browser supports frames and your monitor has a reasonable screen area in which to display the result.

Please address any feedback on the design and functionality of this interface to Tony Rees at CSIRO Marine Research Data Centre, Hobart.

Scientific name (or synonyms) matching: near   exact starts with contains    example: arripis or arripis trutta or ar.tr [or] Common / standard / marketing name (or synonyms) starts with contains    example: orange or austr [or] Taxon code (or synonyms) starts with contains equals    example: 37 or 37 441 or 37 441004 Search all categories Porifera (sponges). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 10 Cnidaria (jellyfishes, hydroids, corals). . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 11 Ctenophora (comb jellies). . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 12 Platyhelminthes (flatworms). . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 13 Nemertea (ribbon worms). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 14 Nematomorpha, Rotifera, Gastrotricha, Kinorhyncha, Priapulida . . . . . . Category 15 Nematoda (nematodes). . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 16 Sipuncula, Echiura (coelomate worms). . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 17 Acanthocephala, Vestimentifera, Pogonophora (misc. worms). .Category 18 Brachiopoda, Kamptozoa, Phoronida (brachiopods, entoprocts, phoronids). Category 19 Bryozoa (bryozoans). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 20 Annelida (polychaetes, oligochaetes, leeches). . . . . . . . Category 22 Mollusca I: non-Gastropoda (bivalves, squids etc.) . . Category 23 Mollusca II: Gastropoda (univalve molluscs) . . . . . . . . Category 24 Echinodermata (echinoderms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 25 Crustacea I: non-Malacostraca (crustaceans) . . . . . . Category 27 Crustacea II: Malacostraca (prawns, lobsters etc.) . . Category 28 Tardigrada, Pentastomida, Pycnogonida (minor phyla + sea spiders, horseshoe crabs) . Category 33 Urochordata (tunicates - ascidians, larvaceans, salps) . Category 35 Chaetognatha, Cephalochordata, Hemichordata (arrow worms, lancelets, etc.) . Category 36 Pisces (fishes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 37 Reptilia (reptiles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 39 Aves (birds). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 40 Mammalia (mammals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 41 Microalgae I: dinoflagellates, coccolithophorids, cryptomonads . . Category 52 Microalgae II: diatoms, chrysophytes, other heterokont groups . . Category 53 Phaeophyta (brown algae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 54 Rhodophyta (red algae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Category 55 Chlorophyta (green algae, charophytes) . . . . . . . Category 56 Angiospermae (angiosperms (marine)). . . . . . . . . . . Category 63 Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae+prochlorophytes). . Category 70 index to genera         exclude CSIRO project-specific ("informal") taxa      include CSIRO project-specific taxa

Australian spp (full list) Commercial spp - Standard Fish Names List Regional spp Subantarctic/ Antarctic spp Other spp   families and species   families only