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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Bryozoa (phylum) » Gymnolaemata (class) » Ctenostomatida (order) » Vesiculariidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 20 231008 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Amathia distans Busk, 1886 |
| CAAB category: | 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans | |
| Family: | 20 231 Vesiculariidae (bryozoans) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a bryozoan] | |
| Organism Type: | a bryozoan | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific Indian Ocean (non coastal) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
20 231901
Amathia spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | This species is very widely found in temperate to tropical areas worldwide, but is likely to have been accidentally introduced into most areas, including Australia and New Zealand. | ||||
Identifiers: |
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| Record source: | Huisiman, J.M. Jones, D.S. Wells, F.E. Burton, T., 2008. Introduced marine biota in Western Australian waters., Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol. 25: 1-44. |
| Scientific Name verified against: | WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. |