CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	23 653904 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Opisthoteuthis spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family:	23 653 Opisthoteuthidae (octopods (flapjack devilfishes)) - show full list
Common Name:	[an octopod]
Organism Type:	an octopod
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	23 653000 Opisthoteuthidae
Child Codes:	23 653006 Opisthoteuthis chathamensis 23 653007 Opisthoteuthis mero 23 653001 Opisthoteuthis persephone 23 653002 Opisthoteuthis pluto 23 653008 Opisthoteuthis robsoni

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:c4eb56b9-7852-482d-aaae-fdb3046d2886 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	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.

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