CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Euryalida (order) » Euryalidae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 170901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Asteromorpha spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family:	25 170 Euryalidae (snakestars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a basketstar]
Organism Type:	a basketstar
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 170000 Euryalidae
Child Codes:	25 170007 Asteromorpha koehleri 25 170011 Asteromorpha rousseaui 25 170012 Asteromorpha sp. MoV 5673 25 170003 Asteromorpha tenax

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Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

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:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:010421eb-a477-430b-90b7-e2c20facd9bd Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242445 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-04-16 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Okanishi, M., Olbers, J.M., Fujita, T., 2013. A taxonomic review of the genus Asteromorpha Lütken (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalidae)., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 61(2): 461-480.

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