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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 10 013901 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Characella spp.  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 10 - Porifera Sponges
Family: 10 13 Pachastrellidae (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 013000     Pachastrellidae
Child Codes: 10 013012     Characella 3886 (Qld Mus.)
10 013018     Characella 3887 (Qld Mus.)
10 013008     Characella 3888 (Qld Mus.)
10 013023     Characella 3905 (Qld Mus.)
Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [4] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
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 NZOR-6-40740
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132012
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-04-16
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Scientific Name
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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
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