CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
10 205903 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Ascoleucetta spp.  
Rank
Genus
CAAB category
10 - Porifera Sponges
Family
10 205 Leucascidae (calcareous sponges) - show full list
Common Name
[a calcareous sponge]
Organism Type
a calcareous sponge
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
10 205000     Leucascidae
Child Codes
10 205001     Ascoleucetta compressa
10 205005     Ascoleucetta ventricosa
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
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5fd86ffc-0798-419d-921a-7274e37ca91d
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184594
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-08-24
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Scientific Name verified against
Cavalcanti, F.F., Rapp, H.T., Klautau, M., 2013. Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of 3 new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 3619(3): 275-314.