CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Annelida (phylum) » Polychaeta (class) » Echiuroidea (order) » Echiuridae (family)

CAAB Code:	17 022000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Echiuridae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	17 - Sipuncula, Echiura Coelomate worms
Family:	17 22 Echiuridae (echiuran worms) - show full list
Common Name:	echiuran worms
Common Names List:	spoon-worms
Organism Type:	an echiuran worm
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Child Codes:	17 022901 Echiurus spp.

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	NZOR-6-131595 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Goto, R., 2016. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of spoon worms (Echiura, Annelida): Implications for morphological evolution, the origin of dwarf males, and habitat shifts., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 99: 247-260. . dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.003 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.003

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