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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Asteroidea (class)  »  Velatida (order)  »  Pterasteridae (family)

CAAB Code: 25 139000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Pterasteridae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family: 25 139 Pterasteridae (seastars) - show full list
Common Name: seastars
Common Names List: starfish
Organism Type: a seastar
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Child Codes: 25 139905     Calyptraster spp.
25 139901     Diplopteraster spp.
25 139902     Euretaster spp.
25 139903     Hymenaster spp.
25 139904     Pteraster spp.
Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [4] 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:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9a4b34de-feb0-4c8e-9eb8-bf856426a6c0
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland Q2040200
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123142
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-06-23
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Scientific Name
verified against
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WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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