CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 659000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Octopodidae, Eledonidae, Megaleledonidae, Bathypolypodidae, Enteroctopodidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 659 (octopus) - show full list Common Name (AS5300): OCTOPUSES Common Names List: octopus Organism Type: an octopus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 650000     Octopoda Child Codes: 23 659924     Bathypolypodidae 23 659922     Eledonidae 23 659925     Enteroctopodidae 23 659923     Megaleledonidae 23 659921     Octopodidae Previous Codes (if any): 00 645000, 00 601000

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Taxon Notes:	This group has recently been revised, and five distinct families are now recognised. 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:26e7733f-64dc-47dc-9582-382dc3daea48 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11782 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-09-08 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Strugnell, J.M., Norman, M.D., Vecchione, M., Guzik, M., Allcock, A.L., 2014. The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history., Hydrobiologia, Vol. 725: 215-235. . doi:10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6 doi:10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6