CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Porifera (phylum)  »  Demospongiae (class)  »  Astrophorida (order)  »  Ancorinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	10 009903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Asteropus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 10 - Porifera Sponges Family: 10 9 Ancorinidae (sponges) - show full list Common Name: [a sponge] Organism Type: a sponge Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 10 009000     Ancorinidae Child Codes: 10 009010     Asteropus simplex 99 100354     Asteropus WAM sp. SS1 99 100397     Asteropus WAM sp. SS2 99 100398     Asteropus WAM sp. SS3 99 100399     Asteropus WAM sp. SS4 99 100400     Asteropus WAM sp. SS5 99 100373     Asteropus WAM sp. SS6 99 100662     Asteropus WAM sp. SS7 99 100275     Asteropus WAM sp. SS7 99 100422     Asteropus cf. simplex

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.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:75cfe842-dc52-4956-b46c-1f6d7f1a8f2d Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Cárdenas, P., Xavier, J.R., Reveillaud, J., Schander, C., Rapp, H.T., 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) reveals an unexpected high level of spicule homoplasy., PLoS One, Vol. 6(4): 1-18. . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018318