CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Porifera (phylum) » Demospongiae (class) » Haplosclerida (order) » Petrosiidae (family)

CAAB Code:	10 102904 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Xestospongia spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	10 - Porifera Sponges
Family:	10 102 Petrosiidae (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 102000 Petrosiidae
Child Codes:	10 102006 Xestospongia bergquistia 10 102020 Xestospongia coralloides 10 102008 Xestospongia mammillata 10 102021 Xestospongia novaezealandiae 10 102011 Xestospongia testudinaria 10 102012 Xestospongia variabilis 99 100593 Xestospongia WAM sp. Ng2 99 100594 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS1 99 100595 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS2 99 100596 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS3 99 100597 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS4 99 100282 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS5 99 100278 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS6 99 100318 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS7 99 100666 Xestospongia WAM sp. SS8 99 100296 Xestospongia cf. testudinaria

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Occurrence locations [3] 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	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2a731cfd-cf3c-40fd-a00f-7e855a616a5a Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131849 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-09-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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