CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	11 190000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Melithaeidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 190 Melithaeidae (octocorals) - show full list
Common Name:	octocorals
Common Names List:	sea fans, gorgonian corals
Organism Type:	an octocoral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Child Codes:	11 190902 Asperaxis spp. 11 190903 Melithaea spp.

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Occurrence locations [11] 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:b07fb6b3-9dfa-4fbb-934d-540637d800b1 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196230 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report