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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Asteroidea (class)  »  Valvatida (order)  »  Goniasteridae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 122045 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Tosia neossia   Naughton & O'Hara, 2009
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 australis (in part) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 122901     Tosia spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species from SE Australia was previously confused with the more widespread southern Australian species Tosia australis, see Naughton & O'Hara, 2009.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b4f2a650-6b53-4eb3-bc61-9ede2efc1155 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:429225 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 and 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.