CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Hydrozoa (class) » Leptothecata (order) » Campanulariidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 044003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Orthopyxis caliculata (Hincks, 1853)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 44 Campanulariidae (hydroids) - show full list
Common Name:	[a hydroid]
Organism Type:	a hydroid
Synonyms:	Orthopyxis platycarpa Orthopyxis integra
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	11 044905 Orthopyxis spp.

Taxon Notes:

This species is often included as a synonym of O. integra, but is currently regarded as a distinct species. The genus is in urgent need of review.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:778cebbd-1b94-439b-8a81-8a7cfab61375 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
MoV	3455
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220580 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Watson, J.E., 2003. Encounter 2002 Expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Annotated list of shallow water hydroids with description of a new species of Campanularia., Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol. 127(2): 243-263.
Scientific Name verified against:	Cunha, A.F., Genzano, G.N., Marques, A.C., 2015. Reassessment of morphological diagnostic characters and species boundaries requires taxonomical changes for the genus Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862 (Campnaulariidae, Hydrozoa) and some related campanulariids., PLOS ONE: 1-35. . DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117553 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117553

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