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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Cnidaria (phylum)  »  Anthozoa (class)  »  Scleractinia (order)  »  Pocilloporidae (family)

CAAB Code: 11 293003 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Pocillopora damicornis   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family: 11 293 Pocilloporidae (hard corals) - show full list
Common Name: [a stony coral]
Common Names List: coral
stony coral
cauliflower coral
Organism Type: a stony coral
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 11 293901     Pocillopora spp.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5e040f22-7ade-4053-be4b-a67cafd660e8
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
ITIS 53018
View at ITIS
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206953
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-07-07
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Veron, J. E. H., 2000 Veron, J. E. H., Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld. 3 Vols.
Scientific Name
verified against
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Schmidt-Roach, S., Miller, K.J., Lundgren, P., Andreakis, N., 2014. With eyes wide open: a revision of species within and closely related to the Pocillopora damicornis species complex (Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) using morphology and genetics., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 170: 1-33.
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