CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Helioporacea (order) » Helioporidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 171901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Heliopora spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 171 Helioporidae (blue corals) - show full list
Common Name:	[a blue coral]
Organism Type:	a blue coral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	11 171000 Helioporidae
Child Codes:	11 171001 Heliopora coerulea 11 171002 Heliopora hiberniana 99 110151 Heliopora sp. (Hard coral 6)

Taxon Notes:

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:797d1190-faa4-4ce6-9cce-cb18c15097c5 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Richards, Z.T., Yasuda, N., Kikuchi, T., Foster, T., Mitsuyuki, C,, Stat, M., Suyama, Y., Wilson, N.G., 2018. Integrated evidence reveals a new species in the ancient blue coral genus Heliopora (Octocorallia)., Nature Scientific Reports, Vol. 8. . doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32969-z doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32969-z

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