CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Porifera (phylum)  »  Demospongiae (class)  »  Poecilosclerida (order)  »  Desmacididae (family)

CAAB Code: 10 069000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Desmacididae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 10 - Porifera Sponges
Family: 10 69 Desmacididae (sponges) - show full list
Common Name: sponges
Organism Type: a sponge
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Child Codes: 10 069901     Desmacidon spp.
10 069902     Desmapsamma spp.
Taxon Notes:This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Scientific Name Notes:This family was at one time included in the Myxillidae, but is now regarded as a distinct family.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:32593fe5-86f1-484c-8b00-8bb1304dd6f1
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
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