CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 122924 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mediaster 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
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 122000 Goniasteridae
Child Codes:	25 122011 Mediaster arcuatus 25 122012 Mediaster australiensis 25 122021 Mediaster boardmani 25 122113 Mediaster gartrelli 25 122013 Mediaster praestans 25 122114 Mediaster sladeni

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:70e74e53-fee2-4254-8f9d-ed5bd78e3048 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123298 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2020-08-24 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Mah, C.L., 2016. Deep-sea (>1000m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an over view of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 4175(2): 101-141. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1

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