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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Holothuroidea (class)  »  Dendrochirotida (order)  »  Phyllophoridae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 406033 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Phyllophorus kungi   (O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin, Barmos & VandenSpiegel, 2012)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 406 Phyllophoridae (holothurians) - show full list Common Name: [a holothurian] Organism Type: a holothurian Synonyms: Thyonidiella kungi Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 406906     Phyllophorus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species was originally placed in Thyonidiella, which is now regarded as a synonym of Phyrella, but this species does not appear to belong to that genus. It is currently placed in Phyllophorus sensu lato pending phylogenetic study. See Michonneau & Paulay, 2014.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760205 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	O'Loughlin, P.M., Barmos, S., Vandenspiegel, D., 2012. The phyllophorid sea cucumbers of southern Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae)., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 69: 269-308.
Scientific Name verified against:	Michonneau, F., Paulay, G., 2014. Revision of the genus Phyrella (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) with the description of a new species from Guam., Zootaxa, Vol. 3760(2): 101-140.