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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 122925 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Milteliphaster 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

Taxon Notes:	This genus is currently regarded as monotypic and includes only the type species M. woodmasoni from the Andaman Sea. Other species previously placed in this genus are now placed in Calliaster. 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:b8957d4a-7858-40ee-8ec5-aa0d8cf1cc86 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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