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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	11 305924 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pectinia 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 305108     Pectinia alcicornis 11 305109     Pectinia crassa 11 305110     Pectinia elongata 11 305111     Pectinia lactuca 11 305112     Pectinia maxima 11 305113     Pectinia paeonia 11 305114     Pectinia pygmaea 11 305115     Pectinia teres Previous Codes (if any): 11 308905

Taxon Notes:	This genus was previously placed in the family Pectiniidae. 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:43f1ef44-7651-48c6-bb21-bbd351a710d2 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

Budd, A.F., Fukami, H., Smith, N.D., Knowlton, N., 2012. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 166(3): 465-529.