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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Bryozoa (phylum)  »  Gymnolaemata (class)  »  Cheilostomatida (order)  »  Bitectiporidae (family)

CAAB Code:	20 430024 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hippoporina indica   Pillai, 1978
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans Family: 20 430 Bitectiporidae (bryozoans) - show full list Common Name: [a bryozoan] Organism Type: a bryozoan Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 20 430903     Hippoporina spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is regarded as not native to Australian or New Zealand waters, and is considered an invasive species spread by shipping. All current records from this region are from ports, marinas and harbours.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:469112 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-01-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Tilbrook, K.J., 2012. Bryozoa, Cheilostomata: First records of two invasive species in Australia and the northerly range extension for a third., Check List, Vol. 8(1): 181-183.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.