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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 23 656000     Taxa superceded by 23 655000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Amphitretidae  

Rank: Family
Attention: Non-current taxon. This record represents an old code which has been superseded by a new active CAAB code. See taxon notes for more details (if available).
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 656 (octopods) - show full list
Common Name: pelagic octopods
Organism Type: a pelagic octopus
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes: 23 650000     Octopoda
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Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
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Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against
:
Lu, C.C., 2001. Cephalopoda. In: Wells, A. Houston, W. W. K. , Editors, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda: 129-308. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.
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