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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 653904 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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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
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Scientific Name
verified against
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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.
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