CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

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

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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)

Scientific Name verified against:	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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