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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Asteroidea (class) » Paxillosida (order) » Luidiidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 105005 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842 |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) |
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Family: | 25 105 Luidiidae (seastars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a seastar] | |
Organism Type: | a seastar | |
Synonyms: | Luidia varia | |
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
25 105901
Luidia spp. |
Previous Codes (if any): | 25 105008 | ||||||||
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Record source: | Rowe, F.W.E. Gates, J., 1995, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 33. Echinodermata. CSIRO, East Melbourne |
Scientific Name verified against: | Clark, H.E.S. McKnight, D.G., 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-Stars). Order Paxillosida., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 116: 1-135. |