CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 140909 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Meridiastra spp.
Rank:	Genus

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
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 140000 Asterinidae
Child Codes:	25 140006 Meridiastra atyphoida 25 140028 Meridiastra calcar 25 140040 Meridiastra fissura 25 140027 Meridiastra gunnii 25 140030 Meridiastra medius 25 140065 Meridiastra mortenseni 25 140041 Meridiastra nigranota 25 140042 Meridiastra occidens 25 140043 Meridiastra oriens

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:a3241d4b-abc9-4762-83cc-6eb0d6c1876b Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382566 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-11-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	O'Loughlin, P.M., 2002. New genus and species of southern Australian and Pacific Asterinidae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea)., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 59(2): 277-296.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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