CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	11 188929 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bathygorgia spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 188 Isididae (octocorals, bamboo 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 Parent Codes: 11 188000     Isididae Child Codes: 11 188074     Bathygorgia abyssicola 11 188075     Bathygorgia tasmaniensis 99 110793     Bathygorgia n.sp. B 99 110794     Bathygorgia n.sp. C 99 110795     Bathygorgia n.sp. D

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.

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Scientific Name verified against:

Lapointe, A., Watling, L., 2015. Bamboo corals from the abyssal Pacific: Bathygorgia., Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 128(2): 125-136.