CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	11 176913 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Sphaerasclera spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 176 Alcyoniidae (soft corals) - show full list
Common Name:	[a soft coral]
Organism Type:	a soft coral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	11 176000 Alcyoniidae
Child Codes:	11 176010 Sphaerasclera flammicerebra

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:419dbf49-4dbc-426f-b946-5c0a2f9e19cf Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Bryce, M., Poliseno, A., Alderslade, P., Vargas, S., 2015. Digitate and capitate soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from Western Australia with reports on new species and new Australian geographical records., Zootaxa, Vol. 3963(2): 160-200.

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