CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Chromista (kingdom)  »  Ochrophyta (phylum)  »  Phaeophyceae (class)  »  Laminariales (order)  »  Alariaceae (family)

CAAB Code: 54 080002 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Undaria pinnatifida   (Harvey) Suringar, 1873

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 54 - Phaeophyta Brown algae (seaweeds)
Family: 54 80 Alariaceae (kelps (brown algae)) - show full list
Standard Name
(AS 5301): 		Kukiwakame [midrib],Mekabu [sporophyll],Wakame [frond]
Common Name: Japanese kelp
Common Names List: kelp

wakame (frond)
mekabu (sporophyll)
kukiwakame (midrib)
Organism Type: a kelp (brown alga)
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 54 080902     Undaria spp.
Taxon Notes:This species is native to Japan and the northern Pacific. It was accidentally introduced into Tasmania in the 1980's, and is now well established there. This species is now harvested in Tasmania, it is also imported from Japan.

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145721
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-11-30
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Cowan, R. Huisman, J., Compilers, Australian Marine Algal Name Index (AMANI), on-line publication. - as at August 2000
Scientific Name
verified against:		 WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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