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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Scleractinia (order) » Acroporidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 11 291905 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Isopora spp. |
CAAB category: | 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies | |
Family: | Acroporidae (staghorn corals) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a staghorn coral] | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
11 291000
Acroporidae - undifferentiated | |
Child Codes: |
11 291017
Isopora brueggemanni 11 291028 Isopora crateriformis 11 291029 Isopora cuneata 11 291006 Isopora elizabethensis 11 291087 Isopora palifera | |
Organism Type: | a staghorn coral |
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: |
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Scientific Name verified against: | Wallace, C.C. Done, B.J. Muir, P.R., 2012. Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 57: 1-255. |