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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 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Heteropsammia cochlea (Spengler, 1781) |
CAAB category: | 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies |
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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: |
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Parent Codes: |
11 320909
Heteropsammia spp. |
Scientific Name Notes: | The name Heteropsammia eupsammides has been used for one morphotype of this species (see Veron, 2000) | ||||
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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. |