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CAAB Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Asteroidea (class)  »  Paxillosida (order)  »  Astropectinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 111903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Plutonaster spp.
CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata
Family:	Astropectinidae (seastars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a seastar]
Distribution:	Occurrence locations [12] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Organism Type:	a seastar
Taxon Notes:	This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Parent Codes:	25 111000     Astropectinidae - undifferentiated
Child Codes:	25 111042     Plutonaster ambiguus 25 111037     Plutonaster complexus 25 111038     Plutonaster fragilis 25 111039     Plutonaster hikurangi 25 111027     Plutonaster jonathani 25 111040     Plutonaster knoxi 99 250326     Plutonaster sp. 1 99 250327     Plutonaster sp. 2
Identifiers:	Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) NZOR-6-5626    Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123254    Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-04-16 View at WoRMS    - also at OBIS (report and map of occurrences)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.