CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	11 185000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ellisellidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 185 Ellisellidae (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:
Child Codes:	11 185904 Ctenocella spp. 11 185905 Dichotella spp. 11 185901 Ellisella spp. 11 185906 Heliania spp. 11 185907 Junceella spp. 11 185902 Nicella spp. 11 185903 Verrucella spp. 11 185908 Viminella spp.

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Occurrence locations [10] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

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:725ad721-856e-415f-9784-40b87fa9f826 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125274 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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