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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	22 096030 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Polydora cf. ciliata   (Johnston, 1838)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 22 - Annelida Segmented worms Family: 22 96 Spionidae (polychaete worms) - show full list Common Name: [a polychaete worm] Organism Type: a polychaete worm Synonyms: Polydora ciliata Dipolydora cf. ciliata Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 22 096914     Polydora spp.

Scientific Name Notes:	This species has been recorded as Polydora cilitata, but a number of different species world wide have been confused with the latter. Australian material has not been fully described, and accurate species determination must wait until Australian material is redescribed (Wilson et al, 2003).
Identifiers:	MoV 4351 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131141 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-03-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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:	Walker, L.M., 2011. A review of the current status of the Polydora-complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Australia and a checklist of recorded species., Zootaxa, Vol. 2751: 40-62.