CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Cephalopoda (class)  »  Oegopsida (order)  »  Ommastrephidae (family)

CAAB Code: 23 636901 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Illex spp.  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 636 Ommastrephidae (flying squids) - show full list
Common Name (AS5300): ILLEX SQUIDS
Common Names List: illex squids
Organism Type: a flying squid
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Special purpose listing - see taxon notes
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 23 636000     Ommastrephidae
Child Codes: 23 636016     Illex argentinus
23 636017     Illex illecebrosus
Taxon Notes:This genus is endemic to the Atlantic, and is imported into Australia as seafood and bait. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
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Scientific Name
verified against:		 WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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