CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 139904 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pteraster spp.
Rank:	Genus

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
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 139000 Pterasteridae
Child Codes:	25 139005 Pteraster affinis 25 139007 Pteraster bathamae 25 139002 Pteraster obesus 25 139006 Pteraster robertsoni 25 139004 Pteraster stellifer 25 139003 Pteraster tetracanthus 99 250352 Pteraster cf. corynetes 99 250296 Pteraster cf. obesus 99 250351 Pteraster n. sp. 1 99 250293 Pteraster sp. 1 99 250303 Pteraster sp. 2

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Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

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:84aad662-3c4a-4726-9167-1b09f9bcc435 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123335 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2020-08-24 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.

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report