CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	11 191000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Nephtheidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 191 Nephtheidae (soft corals) - show full list
Common Name:	soft corals
Organism Type:	a soft coral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	11 173000 Alcyonacea
Child Codes:	11 191904 Capnella spp. 11 191902 Chromonephthea spp. 11 191901 Dendronephthya spp. 11 191905 Drifa spp. 11 191909 Gersemia spp. 11 191906 Litophyton spp. 11 191903 Scleronephthya spp. 11 191908 Stereonephthya spp. 11 191907 Umbellulifera spp.

Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same.

Occurrence locations [6] 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:97128970-08fc-42a4-b2e9-98f8aaa3c2fd Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146762 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