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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Zoanthidea (order) » Sphenopidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 11 287001 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Sphenopus marsupialis (Gmelin, 1827) |
CAAB category: | 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies | Distribution map: |
Family: | Sphenopidae (zoanthid anemones) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a zoanthid anemone] | |
Recent Synonyms: | Sphaenopus marsupialis | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
11 287902
Sphenopus spp. | |
Organism Type: | a zoanthid anemone |
Identifiers: |
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Record source: | Burnett, W.J. Benzie, J.A.H. Beardmore, J.A. Ryland, J.S., 1997. Zoanthids (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Teorres Strait, Australia: systematics, evolution and a key to species., Coral Reefs, Vol. 16: 55-68. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Reimer, J.D. Poliseno, A. Hoeksema, B.W., 2014. Shallow-water zoantharians (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Central Indo-Pacific., ZooKeys, Vol. 444: 1-57. |