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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	11 296000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Coscinaraeidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 296 Coscinaraeidae (stony corals) - show full list Common Name: [a stony coral] Organism Type: a stony coral Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Child Codes: 11 296901     Coscinaraea spp. 11 296902     Craterastrea spp.

Taxon Notes:	Members of this family were previously included in the Siderastreidae. 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:9d37e4c0-ccb0-4a96-b6ac-02c9a575bcb9 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F., Stolarski, J., 2012. Systematics of the coral genus Craterastrea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and description of a new family through combined morphological and molecular analyses., Systematics and Biodiversity, Vol. 10(4): 417-433.