CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 127000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Oreasteridae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family:	25 127 Oreasteridae (seastars) - show full list
Common Name:	seastars
Organism Type:	a seastar
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 120000 Valvatida
Child Codes:	25 127902 Acheronaster spp. 25 127903 Anthaster spp. 25 127904 Anthenea spp. 25 127905 Bothriaster spp. 25 127906 Choriaster spp. 25 127907 Culcita spp. 25 127909 Gymnanthenea spp. 25 127910 Halityle spp. 25 127911 Nectriaster spp. 25 127912 Pentaceraster spp. 25 127913 Poraster spp. 25 127914 Protoreaster spp. 25 127915 Pseudoreaster spp.

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Occurrence locations [17] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

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

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1d99a8bc-e3da-4fed-939c-1ba561ab2e16 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland (CSIRO)	Q2010100
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149871 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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