CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Zoanthidea (order) » Sphenopidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 287901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Palythoa spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 287 Sphenopidae (zoanthid anemones) - show full list
Common Name:	[a zoanthid anemone]
Organism Type:	a zoanthid anemone
Synonyms:	Protopalythoa spp.
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	11 287000 Sphenopidae
Child Codes:	11 287005 Palythoa caesia 11 287002 Palythoa heideri 11 287004 Palythoa heliodiscus 11 287003 Palythoa mutuki 99 110157 Palythoa sp.

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.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:13d06f39-16c0-4c24-84b7-89d858026dac Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Low, M.E.Y., Sinniger, F., Reimer, J.D., 2016. The order Zoantharia Rafinesque, 1815 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): supraspecific classification and nomenclature., ZooKeys, Vol. 641: 1-80. . doi:10.3897/zookeys.641.10346 doi:10.3897/zookeys.641.10346

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