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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Annelida (phylum) » Polychaeta (class) » Phyllodocida (order) » Nereididae (family)
CAAB Code: | 22 056013 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg, 1866 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species, previously considered to be almost cosmopolitan in distribution, is now regarded as being restricted to the western Atlantic and Caribbean. All records of this species from outside of that region refer to different species. Any records of this species from Australasian waters need to be examined to determine their true identity. | ||||||
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Record source: | Australian Biological Resources Study (Houston, K. + others, editors), 2000-, Australian Faunal Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication, http: www.environment.gov.au/abrs/abif-fauna/ |
Scientific Name verified against: | Bakken, T., Wilson, R.S., 2005. Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae)., Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 34: 507-547. |