CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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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)
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.
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