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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	24 435000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Discodorididae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 435 Discodorididae (nudibranchs) - show full list Common Name: dorid nudibranchs Organism Type: a dorid nudibranch Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 420000     Nudibranchia Child Codes: 24 435901     Alloiodoris spp. 24 435902     Asteronotus spp. 24 435903     Atagema spp. 24 435906     Carminodoris spp. 24 435904     Discodoris spp. 24 435918     Geitodoris spp. 24 435905     Halgerda spp. 24 435907     Jorunna spp. 24 435908     Montereina spp. 24 435909     Paradoris spp. 24 435910     Peltodoris spp. 24 435911     Platydoris spp. 24 435912     Rostanga spp. 24 435913     Sclerodoris spp. 24 435914     Sebadoris spp. 24 435915     Taringa spp. 24 435916     Tayuva spp. 24 435917     Thordisa spp.

Taxon Notes:	This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Scientific Name Notes:	This family was at one time included in the Dorididae, but is now regarded as a distinct family.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d22c1f0b-c620-4076-ae57-352b4c1a5412 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 78282 View at ITIS

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Scientific Name verified against:

Dayrat, B., 2010. A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Doridina)., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 61, Suppl. 1: 1-403.