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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	25 016000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Rhizocrinidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 16 Rhizocrinidae (stalked crinoids) - show full list Common Name: stalked crinoids Organism Type: a stalked crinoid Synonyms: Bourgueticrinidae Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Child Codes: 25 016901     Democrinus spp.

Taxon Notes:	Extant genera in this family were previously placed in Bourgueticrinidae - the latter family is now regarded as Cretaceous fossils only. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD NZOR-6-90469 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Roux, M., Eléaume, M., Améziane, N., 2019. A revision of the genus Conocrinus d'Orbigny, 1850 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Rhizocrinidae) and its place among the extant and fossil crinoids with a xenomorphic stalk., Zootaxa, Vol. 4560(1): 51-84. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.3 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.3