CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
11 298016 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Cycloseris distorta   (Michelin, 1843)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family
11 298 Fungiidae (mushroom corals) - show full list
Common Name
[a stony coral]
Organism Type
a stony coral
Synonyms
Diaseris distorta
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
11 298903     Cycloseris spp.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c1e85df8-8914-4cc5-b6e2-5eefaf979e6d
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207326
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
Hoeksema, B.W., 2014. The "Fungia patella group" (Scleractinia, Fungiidae) revisited with a description of the mini mushroom coral Cycloseris boschmai sp. n., ZooKeys, Vol. 371: 57-84.