CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
25 139007 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Pteraster bathamae   Fell, 1958
Rank
Species
CAAB category
25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family
25 139 Pterasteridae (seastars) - show full list
Common Name
[a seastar]
Organism Type
a seastar
Synonyms
Pteraster (Apterodon) bathamae Pteraster bathami
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
25 139904     Pteraster spp.
Scientific Name Notes
This species was named after Elizabeth (Betty) Batham, so the species name should be bathamae not bathami.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) NZOR-6-137199
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291562
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-06-21
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Record source
McKnight, D.G., 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-Stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida, with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 120: 1-187.
Scientific Name verified against
WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.