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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	11 106902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Dendrogramma spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 106 Rhodaliidae (siphonophores) - show full list Common Name: [a siphonophore] Organism Type: a siphonophore Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 106000     Rhodaliidae Child Codes: 11 106002     Dendrogramma enigmatica Previous Codes (if any): 12 101901

Taxon Notes:	This genus was previously regarded as Metazoa incertae cedis, but recent genetic work has shown it is a rhodaliid siphonophore. 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:a11bf944-8a0a-4aab-9773-b73fe4300e3f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

O'Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., MacIntosh, H., Naughton, K.M., Williams, A., Moussalli, A., 2016. Dendrogramma is a siphonophore., Current Biology, Vol. 26: R457-R458.