CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Alcyonacea (order) » Alcyoniidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 176014 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	"Alcyonium" etheridgei Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 176 Alcyoniidae (soft corals) - show full list
Common Name:	[an octocoral]
Organism Type:	an octocoral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified

Taxon Notes:

This species does not belong in the genus Alcyonium. Its position is currently under review, and it probably requires a new genus.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:85cf89e1-fca5-4d89-8880-9a68f145aac3 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287357 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-06-20 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report