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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 231023 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Amathia similis Gordon & Spencer-Jones, 2013 |
| CAAB category: | 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans | |
| Family: | 20 231 Vesiculariidae (bryozoans) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a bryozoan] | |
| Organism Type: | a bryozoan | |
| Synonyms: |
Amathia distans (mis-identification) | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
20 231901
Amathia spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | This species was previously confused with the introduced species Amathia distans, however, even though it is distinct from the latter, it is known only from port areas and is unlikely to be native to New Zealand. | ||
Identifiers: |
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| Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Gordon, D.P. Spencer-Jones, M., 2013. The amathiiform Ctenostomata (phylum Bryozoa) of New Zealand - including four new species, two of them of probable alien origin., Zootaxa, Vol. 3647(1): 75-95. |