CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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.

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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:

Australian Faunal Directory (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 (CSIRO)	Q2040200
World Register of Marine Species	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)

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

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