CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Asteroidea (class)  »  Paxillosida (order)  »  Astropectinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 111016 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Astropecten zebra   Sladen, 1883
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 111 Astropectinidae (seastars) - show full list Common Name: [a seastar] Organism Type: a seastar Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 111901     Astropecten spp.

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Taxon Notes:	This species has been included as a synonym of Astropecten vappa, but here we follow Rowe & Gates (1995) and maintain it as distinct pending further research.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:75c38274-93b7-4391-9ded-712bc6dd42de Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia MoV 4682 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:990192 Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Rowe, F.W.E. Gates, J., 1995, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 33. Echinodermata. CSIRO, East Melbourne