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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Cephalopoda (class)  »  Octopoda (order)  »  Opisthoteuthidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 653000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Opisthoteuthidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 653 Opisthoteuthidae (octopods (flapjack devilfishes)) - show full list Common Name: octopods Common Names List: flapjack Organism Type: an octopod Synonyms: Grimpoteuthidae Luteuthidae Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Child Codes: 23 653905     Grimpoteuthis spp. 23 653906     Luteuthis spp. 23 653904     Opisthoteuthis spp. Previous Codes (if any): 00 649000, 23 653903, 23 653902, 23 653901

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Taxon Notes:	This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:159960d0-db0c-4267-839e-203dbc25fef8 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Hochberg, F.G., Norman, M.D., Finn, J.K., 2014. Family Opisthoteuthidae. In: Jereb, P. Roper, C.F.E. Norman, M.D. Fin, J.K., Editors, Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and vampire squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes. No. 4.: 248-261. FAO, Rome 370pp.