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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Scleractinia (order) » Merulinidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 11 305907 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Dipsastraea spp. |
Rank: | Genus |
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Taxon Notes: | Members of this genus were previously included in the genus Favia, which is now regarded as restricted to the Atlantic. See Budd et al, 2012 (Zool. J. .Linn. Soc. 166(3): 465-529). This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||
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Record source: | Veron, J. E. H., 2000 Veron, J. E. H., Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld. 3 Vols. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D., Budd, A.F., 2014. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 171: 277-355. |