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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	11 307903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Blastomussa spp.
Rank:	Genus

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 Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 307000     Lobophylliidae Child Codes: 11 307013     Blastomussa merleti 11 307050     Blastomussa vivida 11 307014     Blastomussa wellsi

Taxon Notes:	This genus is regarded as incertae sedis by Budd et al, 2012. We have retained it in this family pending a detailed revision. 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:c74196c2-bd19-4119-b4d6-d6e6e8560b08 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Record source:	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.
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.