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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	11 180907 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aurogorgia spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 180 Pleurogorgiidae (gold corals) - show full list Common Name: [a gold coral] Organism Type: a gold coral Synonyms: Pleurogorgia spp. (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 180912     Pleurogorgiidae Child Codes: 11 180006     Aurogorgia tasmaniensis

Taxon Notes:	This genus was previously mis-identified as Pleurogorgia, the latter is now recognised as a monotypic genus recorded from Malaysia and South Africa, and not known from Australian waters. 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:7ade3da6-3a55-4a29-ba8d-7d5be56b1865 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Cairns, S.D., Cordeiro, R.T.S., Xu, Y., Zhan, Z., Alderslade, P., 2021. A new family and two new genera of calcaxonian octocoral, including a redescription of Pleurogorgia militaris (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) and its placement in a new genus., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 35: 282-297. . doi.org/10.1071/IS20066 doi:10.1071/IS20066