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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	11 159006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Alternatipathes alternata   (Brook, 1889)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 159 Schizopathidae (black corals) - show full list Common Name: [a black coral] Organism Type: a black coral Synonyms: Bathypathes alternata Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 159905     Alternatipathes spp.

Identifiers:

WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103319 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:

Cairns, S.D., Gershwin, L.-A., Brook, F.J., Pugh, P., Dawson, E.W., Ocaña, O., Vervoort, W., Williams, G., Watson, J.E., Opresko, D.M., Schuchert, P., Hine, P.M., Gordon, D.P., Campbell, H.J., Wright, A.J., Sánchez, J.A., Fautin, D.G., 2009. Phylum Cnidaria. In: Gordon, D.P., Editor, New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia: 59-101. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, NZ 566pp.

Scientific Name verified against:

Molodtsova, T.N., Opresko, D.M., 2017. Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone., Marine Biodiversity, Vol. 47: 349-365. . DOI 10.1007/s12526-017-0659-6 doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0659-6