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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 25 140000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Asterinidae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family: 25 140 Asterinidae (seastars) - show full list
Common Name: seastars
Organism Type: a seastar
Synonyms: Ganeriidae
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Child Codes: 25 140903     Ailsastra spp.
25 140904     Anseropoda spp.
25 140905     Aquilonastra spp.
25 140906     Cryptasterina spp.
25 140919     Cuenotaster spp.
25 140917     Cycethra spp.
25 140907     Disasterina spp.
25 140920     Hyalinothrix spp.
25 140908     Indianastra spp.
25 140915     Kampylaster spp.
25 140922     Knightaster spp.
25 140909     Meridiastra spp.
25 140910     Nepanthia spp.
25 140902     Paranepanthia spp.
25 140911     Parvulastra spp.
25 140912     Patiriella spp.
25 140918     Perknaster spp.
25 140901     Pseudonepanthia spp.
25 140921     Stegnaster spp.
25 140916     Tarachaster spp.
25 140913     Tegulaster spp.
25 140914     Tremaster spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
25 141000
Distribution map:
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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 family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:503f34ea-04ca-4e90-b19a-1225a5204cfc
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123133
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2018-07-13
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Scientific Name
verified against
:
Mah, C.L., Fujita, T., 2020. New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix., Zootaxa, Vol. 4750(1): 67-100. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4
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