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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 11 320004 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Heteropsammia cochlea   (Spengler, 1781)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family: 11 320 Dendrophylliidae (hard corals) - show full list
Common Name: [a stony coral]
Common Names List: coral
stony coral
Organism Type: a stony coral
Synonyms: Heteropsammia eupsammides
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes: 11 320909     Heteropsammia spp.
Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [95] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Scientific Name Notes:The name Heteropsammia eupsammides has been used for one morphotype of this species (see Veron, 2000)

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7a2057d7-27bc-4bd0-87dd-d203be22ea93
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207501
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-06-23
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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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
:
Cairns, S.D., 2004. The azooxanthellate Sceractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia., Records of the Australian Museum, Vol. 53(3): 259-329.
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