CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Ascidiacea (class) » Phlebobranchia (order) » Ascidiidae (family)

CAAB Code:	35 002000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ascidiidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	35 - Tunicata Tunicates (ascidians, larvaceans and salps)
Family:	35 2 Ascidiidae (ascidians, sea squirts) - show full list
Common Name:	ascidians
Common Names List:	tunicates sea squirts
Organism Type:	an ascidian
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Child Codes:	35 002901 Ascidia spp. 35 002902 Ascidiella spp. 35 002903 Phallusia spp.

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Occurrence locations [9] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

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	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:db85ead1-4fb4-4f98-a191-a2900a4f216a Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland	S1010200
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103443 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-24 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Wells, A. Houston, W. W. K. , Editors, 1998, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. CSIRO, East Melbourne

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