CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	11 177000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Anthothelidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 177 Anthothelidae (octocorals) - show full list
Common Name:	gorgonian corals
Organism Type:	a gorgonian coral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Child Codes:	11 177902 Alertigorgia spp. 11 177905 Anthothela spp. 11 177903 Erythropodium spp. 11 177906 Iciligorgia spp. 11 177910 Lateothela spp. 11 177901 Solenocaulon spp. 11 177909 Stereogorgia 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:272535bc-fa3e-4b0c-b2c5-a968beddd2f2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125279 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-22 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Moore, K.M., Alderslade, P.A., Miller, K.J., 2017. A taxonomic revision of Anthothela (Octocorallia: Scleraxonia: Anthothelidae) and related genera, with addition of new taxa, using morphological and molecular data., Zootaxa, Vol. 4304(1): 1-212. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4304.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4304.1.1

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