CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Amphiuridae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 191015 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family:	25 191 Amphiuridae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a brittlestar]
Organism Type:	a brittlestar
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 191904 Amphipholis spp.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [10] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

Originally described from the Mediterranean, and widely recorded from the Atlantic. Regarded as cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1a6498ec-2993-430c-bbab-b2b216610fbc Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
MoV	663
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125064 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-23 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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