Recognised CAAB Groups (as at 06/2001)
The following groups are currently recognised by the CAAB application as "defined terms", mostly above the level of family. They can be entered in either the "common name search" or "scientific name search" boxes, as appropriate. In addition, any recognised family scientific name can be entered in the "scientific name search", and will return relevant matches if available in the database.
Common names:
- abalones
- amphipods
- anchovies
- anemones
- angiosperms
- annelids
- ascidians
- australian salmons
- barnacles
- birds
- bivalves
- black corals
- blue corals
- blue-green algae
- brachiopods
- breams
- brine shrimps
- brown algae
- bryozoans
- carangids
- cephalopods
- chitons
- clams
- coccolithophorids
- cods
- comb jellies
- copepods
- crabs
- crinoids
- crocodiles
- crustaceans
- diatoms
- dinoflagellates
- dolphins & porpoises
- dories
- dugongs & manatees
- echinoderms
- echiurans
- eels
- fishes
- flatfishes
- flatworms
- garfishes
- gastropods
- green algae
- herrings, pilchards, sardines
- hydroids
- isopods
- jellyfishes
- krill
- leatherjackets & triggerfishes
- leeches
- lethrinids
- lizardfishes
- lobsters
- lutjanids
- mammals
- molluscs
- mullets
- mussels
- mysids
- nematodes
- nemipterids
- octopuses
- oligochaetes
- ostracods
- oysters
- penguins
- perches
- polychaetes
- prawns
- rays & skates
- red algae
- redfishes
- reptiles
- rotifers
- roughies
- salmons & trouts
- scallops
- sea cucumbers
- sea snakes
- sea urchins
- seagrasses
- seals
- seapens
- seaweeds
- sharks
- sipunculans
- skates
- snakes
- soft corals & gorgonians
- sponges
- squids
- starfishes
- stony corals
- tunas & mackerels
- turtles
- whales
- whitings
Scientific names:
- Actinaria
- Alcyonacea
- Amphipoda
- Angiospermae
- Annelida
- Antipatharia
- Antipatharia
- Ascidiacea
- Astacidea & Palinura
- Aves
- Bacillariophyta
- Bivalvia
- Bivalvia (Heterodonta)
- Brachiopoda
- Brachyura
- Bryozoa
- Cephalopoda
- Cetacea
- Chlorophyta
- Cirripedia
- Copepoda
- Crinoidea
- Crocodylia
- Crustacea
- Ctenophora
- Cyanobacteria
- Dinophyta
- Echinodermata
- Echinoidea
- Echiura
- Euphausiacea
- Gastropoda
- Helioporacea
- Hirundinea
- Holothuroidea
- Hydrozoa
- Isopoda
- Mammalia
- Mollusca
- Mysidacea
- Nematoda
- Octopoda
- Oligochaeta
- Ostracoda
- Penaeidea & Caridea
- Phaeophyta
- Pisces
- Platyhelminthes
- Polychaeta
- Polyplacophora
- Porifera
- Prymnesiophyta
- Reptilia
- Rhodophyta
- Rotifera
- Scleractinia
- Scyphozoa
- Serpentes
- Sirenia
- Sipuncula
- Stelleroidea
- Testudines
- Teuthoidea