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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	25 122031 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Tosia australis   Gray, 1840
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 122 Goniasteridae (seastars) - show full list Common Name: [a seastar] Organism Type: a seastar Synonyms: Tosia nobilis Tosia australis astrologorum Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 122901     Tosia spp. Previous Codes (if any): 25 122033

Taxon Notes:	This species was revised by Naughton & O'Hara (2009), and some specimens from SE Australia previously included in this species are now recognised as a distinct species, Tosia neossia.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bf6e16a6-d158-4a05-8c2f-7de4354041da Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia MoV 1686|4685 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242161 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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:	Naughton, K.M., O'Hara, T.D., 2009. A new brooding species of the biscuit star Tosia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Goniasteridae), distinguished by molecular, morphological and larval characters., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 23: 348-366.