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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	25 140051 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Patiriella littoralis   (Dartnall, 1970)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 140 Asterinidae (seastars) - show full list Common Name: [a seastar] Organism Type: a seastar Synonyms: Marginaster littoralis Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 140912     Patiriella spp. Previous Codes (if any): 25 142001

Taxon Notes:	This taxon was originally described in Marginaster (Poraniidae) but is now placed in Patiriella (Asterinidae). It was described from material from the Derwent River, Hobart - this population has ceased to exist and it has not been rediscovered since. Due to environmental changes in this area, it is highly likely that this species is now extinct.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6edd73aa-56d6-4acd-81b2-a8bf5097d3a2 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381975 Name status: nomen dubium    Checked on: 2016-06-20 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Rowe, F.W.E. Gates, J., 1995, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 33. Echinodermata. CSIRO, East Melbourne
Scientific Name verified against:	O'Hara, T.D., Mah, C.L., Hipsley, C.A., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Barrett, N.S., 2019. The Derwent River seastar: re-evaluation of a critically endangered marine invertebrate., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 186: 483-490.