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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	11 314909 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Deltocyathus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 314 Deltocyathiidae (stony 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 314942     Deltocyathiidae Child Codes: 11 314050     Deltocyathus andamanicus 11 314051     Deltocyathus cameratus 11 314080     Deltocyathus corrugatus 11 314002     Deltocyathus magnificus 11 314052     Deltocyathus ornatus 11 314053     Deltocyathus rotulus 11 314020     Deltocyathus sarsi 11 314054     Deltocyathus stella 11 314021     Deltocyathus suluensis

Taxon Notes:	This genus is now the only extant genus in the family Deltocyathiidae. 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:dd7459d3-bd50-403f-8419-e172f20c334c Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D., 2009. A revision of the genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with description of a new species., Zoosystema, Vol. 31(2): 233-248.