CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 154902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Smilasterias spp.

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)	Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Family:	25 154 Stichasteridae (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 154912 Stichasteridae
Child Codes:	25 154039 Smilasterias actinata 25 154004 Smilasterias clarkailsa 25 154013 Smilasterias irregularis 25 154014 Smilasterias multipara 25 154015 Smilasterias tasmaniae 25 154045 Smilasterias triremis

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:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f378063a-56e8-44fc-a88f-64ce118f3ff3 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172560 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-09-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Mah, C.L. Foltz, D.W., 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 162: 646-660.

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