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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Asteroidea (class)  »  Forcipulatida (order)  »  Asteriidae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 154001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Asterias amurensis   Lütken, 1871
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 154 Asteriidae (seastars) - show full list Common Name: northern Pacific seastar Organism Type: a seastar Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 154914     Asterias spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is native to the northern Pacific, but was accidentally introduced into Tasmanian waters in the 1980's, and has since spread to southeastern mainland Australia. It is a serious pest in Australian waters.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a6da049e-d4cb-4ddc-8306-cae346ad880a Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 157216 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254497 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-01-11 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:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.