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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	11 305916 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Platygyra spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 305 Merulinidae (hard 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 Parent Codes: 11 305000     Merulinidae Child Codes: 11 305084     Platygyra acuta 11 305085     Platygyra carnosa 11 305086     Platygyra contorta 11 305087     Platygyra daedalea 11 305088     Platygyra lamellina 11 305089     Platygyra pini 11 305090     Platygyra ryukyuensis 11 305091     Platygyra sinensis 11 305092     Platygyra verweyi

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:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f065ff78-e460-4636-9ff1-70ad8c2f6d31 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D., Budd, A.F., 2014. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 171: 277-355.