CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	11 298000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Fungiidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 298 Fungiidae (mushroom corals) - show full list
Common Name:	stony corals
Organism Type:	a stony coral
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	11 290000 Scleractinia
Child Codes:	11 298901 Cantharellus spp. 11 298902 Ctenactis spp. 11 298903 Cycloseris spp. 11 298905 Fungia spp. 11 298906 Halomitra spp. 11 298907 Heliofungia spp. 11 298908 Herpolitha spp. 11 298909 Lithophyllon spp. 11 298910 Podabacia spp. 11 298911 Polyphyllia spp. 11 298912 Sandalolitha spp. 11 298913 Zoopilus spp.

Taxon Notes:

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:ed4440fb-7290-49bb-a8cb-f4a6696513af Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196100 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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