CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Cnidaria (phylum)  »  Hydrozoa (class)  »  Anthoathecata (order)  »  Oceaniidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 011001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Turritopsis rubra   (Farquhar, 1895)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 11 Oceaniidae (hydroids) - show full list Common Name: [a hydroid] Organism Type: a hydroid Synonyms: Turritopsis nutricula (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 011904     Turritopsis spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species, which is regarded here as restricted to southern Australia and New Zealand, was previously mis-identified as the Atlantic species Turritopsis nutricula. The status of the Japanese T. pacifica requires clarification, here we regard it as distinct.
Identifiers:	AFD NZOR-6-44467 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117440 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

<

Record source:	Edgar, G. J., 2000, Australian marine life: the plants and animals of temperate waters (Revised Edition). Reed New Holland, Sydney
Scientific Name verified against:	Miglietta, M.P., Piraino, S., Kubota, S., Schuchert, P., 2006. Species in the genus Turritopsis (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): a molecular evaluation., Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Vol. 45(1): 11-19. . doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00379.x doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00379.x