CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 122919 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Fromia 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:	Austrofromia spp. Celerina spp.
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 122000 Goniasteridae
Child Codes:	25 122050 Fromia eusticha 25 122049 Fromia heffernani 25 122051 Fromia hemiopla 25 122052 Fromia indica 25 122053 Fromia milleporella 25 122054 Fromia monilis 25 122055 Fromia pacifica 25 122082 Fromia polypora
Previous Codes (if any):	25 122912, 25 125902

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:56620f3d-a07a-4de3-b83f-128b8b9bedd4 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Mah, C.L., 2017. Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 4271(1): 1-72. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1

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