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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Asteroidea (class) » Forcipulatida (order) » Stichasteridae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 154902 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Smilasterias spp. |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) |
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Family: | 25 154 Stichasteridae (seastars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a seastar] | |
Organism Type: | a seastar | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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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. | ||||
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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. |