CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 122903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Calliaster spp.
Rank:	Genus

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:	Astrothauma spp. Mabahissaster spp.
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 122000 Goniasteridae
Child Codes:	25 122006 Calliaster childreni 25 122007 Calliaster erucaradiatus 25 122014 Calliaster regenerator 25 122015 Calliaster spinosus 25 122099 Calliaster thompsonae 25 122016 Calliaster wanganellensis

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Occurrence locations [2] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f33c7145-7560-4f8e-95a4-c937227f2d04 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205380 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-04-16 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Mah, C.L., 2018. New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean., Zootaxa, Vol. 4539(1): 1-116. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1

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