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Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Antipatharia (order) » Myriopathidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 158000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Myriopathidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 158 Myriopathidae (black corals) - show full list
Common Name:	black corals
Organism Type:	a black coral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	11 160000 Antipatharia
Child Codes:	11 158902 Antipathella spp. 11 158901 Myriopathes spp.

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ca9aa77f-2f2d-4439-ac8e-b24f0d8baaf4 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Record source:	Opresko, D.M., 2001. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part I. Establishment of a new family, Myriopathidae., Zoologische Mededelingen (leiden), Vol. 75(17): 343-370.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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