CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	25 157000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pedicellasteridae   , 1927
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 157 Pedicellasteridae (seastars) - show full list Common Name: seastars Organism Type: a seastar Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Child Codes: 25 157901     Hydrasterias spp. 25 157902     Pedicellaster spp. 25 157903     Tarsaster 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 NZOR-6-132090 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123124 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-08-24 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Scientific Name verified against:

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.