CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
24 435000 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & 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
Australian Faunal Directory (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 (USA) 78282
View at ITIS
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.