CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	25 143000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Echinasteridae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 143 Echinasteridae (seastars) - show full list Common Name: seastars Organism Type: a seastar Synonyms: Metrodiridae Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Child Codes: 25 143902     Echinaster spp. 25 143901     Henricia spp. 25 143903     Metrodira spp. 25 143904     Odontohenricia spp. 25 143905     Plectaster spp.

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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:b962f939-1137-414e-9b2f-33d2db3ef50f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia Cleveland Q2040100 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123132 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	McKnight, D.G., 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-Stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida, with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 120: 1-187.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.