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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Gastropoda (class)  »  Nudibranchia (order)  »  Polyceridae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 424002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Polycera hedgpethi   Er. Marcus, 1964
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 424 Polyceridae (nudibranchs) - show full list Common Name: [a nudibranch] Organism Type: a nudibranch Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 424906     Polycera spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species was originally described from California but this may not be its native range. It is now known from many areas worldwide, and probably was accidentally introduced to most areas, including Australia and New Zealand, by shipping.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7daae537-24b4-47dc-ad11-59f0c9accb5d Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140835 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Furlani, D., 1996, A guide to the introduced marine species in Australian waters. Technical report, Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (Australia), No. 5. CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Hobart
Scientific Name verified against:	Beechey, D.L., Willan, R.C., 2007. Establishment of the East Asian Dove Snail Mitrella bicincta (Gould, 1860) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Columbellidae) in Australia., Molluscan Research, Vol. 27(2): 51-59.