CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Ascidiacea (class) » Aplousobranchia (order) » Polycitoridae (family)

CAAB Code:	35 018000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Polycitoridae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	35 - Tunicata Tunicates (ascidians, larvaceans and salps)
Family:	35 18 Polycitoridae (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 018901 Brevicollus spp. 35 018902 Cystodytes spp. 35 018903 Eucoelium spp. 35 018904 Eudistoma spp. 35 018905 Exostoma spp. 35 018906 Polycitor spp.

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:367d7bf0-0869-450e-8397-8ccce1bc8110 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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