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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Hydrozoa (class) » Leptothecata (order) » Lafoeidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 11 051034 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Filellum serpens (Hassall, 1848) |
| CAAB category: | 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies | |
| Family: | Lafoeidae (hydroids) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a hydroid] | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) Indian Ocean (non coastal) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
11 051901
Filellum spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a hydroid |
| Taxon Notes: | This species was originally described from European waters, but has been recorded almost worldwide. | ||||
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| Record source: | Vervoort, W. Watson, J.E., 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids)., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 119: 1-538. |
| Scientific Name verified against: | WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. |