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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Annelida (phylum)  »  Polychaeta (class)  »  Sabellida (order)  »  Serpulidae (family)

CAAB Code:	22 085094 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Galeolaria gemineoa   Halt, Kupriyanova, Cooper & Rouse, 2009
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 22 - Annelida Segmented worms Family: 22 85 Serpulidae (tube worms) - show full list Common Name: [a tube worm] Organism Type: a tube worm Synonyms: Galeolaria caespitosa Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 22 085907     Galeolaria spp.

Taxon Notes:	This common eastern Australian species has previously been confused with G. caespitosa, which is known only from southern and southwestern Australian coasts. They are morphologically identical, and can only be separated using molecular (DNA) data. See Halt et al., 2009.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:409701 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Halt, M.N., Kupriyanova, E.K., Cooper, S.J.B., Rouse, G.W., 2009. Naming species with no morphological indicators: species status of Galeolaria caespitosa (Annelida: Serpulidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 23: 205-222.