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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Scleractinia (order) » Lobophylliidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 11 307013 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Blastomussa merleti (Wells, 1961) |
CAAB category: | 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies | |
Family: | Lobophylliidae (hard corals) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a stony coral] | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) South Pacific (Fiji etc.) Tropical Indo-West Pacific Indian Ocean (non coastal) | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
11 307903
Blastomussa spp. | |
Organism Type: | a stony coral |
Identifiers: |
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Record source: | Veron, J. E. H., 2000, Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld. 3 Vols. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Benzoni, F. Arrigoni, R. Waheed, Z. Stefani, F. Hoeksema, B.W., 2014. Phylogenetic relationships and revision of the genus Blastomussa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) with description of a new species., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 62: 358-378. |