CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Porifera (phylum) » Calcarea (class) » Leucosolenida (order) » Achramorphidae (family)

CAAB Code:	10 220902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Megapogon spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	10 - Porifera Sponges
Family:	10 220 Achramorphidae (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 220000 Achramorphidae
Child Codes:	10 220004 Megapogon crispatus 10 220005 Megapogon pollicaris 10 220006 Megapogon raripilus 10 220008 Megapogon schiaparellii 10 220007 Megapogon villosus

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:554792da-1007-4780-a490-ee2f6483e0ba Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Alvizu, A., Xavier, J.R., Rapp, H.T., 2019. Description of new chiactine-bearing sponges provides insights into the higher classification of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea)., Zootaxa, Vol. 4615(2): 201-251. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.1

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