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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 25 142902 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Glabraster spp.  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family: 25 142 Poraniidae (seastar) - show full list
Common Name: [a seastar]
Organism Type: a seastar
Synonyms: Porania spp. (mis-identification)
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 25 142000     Poraniidae
Child Codes: 25 142002     Glabraster antarctica
Taxon Notes:Southern Ocean members of this genus were previously placed in the north Atlantic/Arctic genus Porania. See Mah & Foltz, 2014. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
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Scientific Name
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Mah, C.L., Foltz, D.W., 2014. New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology., Zootaxa, Vol. 3795(3): 327-372.
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