Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 22 005000 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Opheliidae
- Rank
- Family
- CAAB category
- 22 - Annelida Segmented worms
- Family
- 22 5 Opheliidae (polychaete worms) - show full list
- Common Name
- polychaete worms
- Organism Type
- a polychaete worm
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Child Codes
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22 005908
Ammotrypanella spp.
22 005901 Armandia spp.
22 005904 Ophelia spp.
22 005905 Ophelina spp.
22 005906 Polyophthalmus spp.
22 005902 Thoracophelia 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
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1c48f735-bcf0-4d7a-a691-60c037c5bbbb
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaCleveland (CSIRO) J1120100
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:924
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-24
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
- Scientific Name verified against
- Law, C.J., Dorgan, K.M., Rouse, G.W., 2014. Relating divergence in polychaete musculature to different burrowing behaviours: A study using Opheliidae (Annnelida)., Journal of Morphology, Vol. 275: 548-571.