CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
11 307008 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Micromussa lordhowensis   (Veron & Pichon, 1982)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family
11 307 Lobophylliidae (hard corals) - show full list
Common Name
[a stony coral]
Organism Type
a stony coral
Synonyms
Acanthastrea lordhowensis Micromussa amakusensis (mis-identification)
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
11 307907     Micromussa spp.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0648a8a1-a3da-48a3-82ef-00558228cb85
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:886929
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
Arrigoni, R., Benzoni, F., Huang, D., Fukami, H., Chen, C.A., Berumen, M.L., Heegenboom, M., Thomson, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Budd, A.F., Zayasu, Y., Terraneo, T.I., Kitano, Y.F., Baird, A.H., 2016. When forms meet genes: revision of the scleractinian genera Micromussa and Homophyllia (Lobophylliidae) witha description of two new species and one new genus., Contibutions to Zoology, Vol. 85(4): 387-422.