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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	35 032061 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pyura doppelgangera   Rius & Teske, 2013
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 35 - Tunicata Tunicates (ascidians, larvaceans and salps) Family: 35 32 Pyuridae (ascidians, sea squirts) - show full list Common Name: [an ascidian] Organism Type: an ascidian Synonyms: Pyura stolonifera Pyura praeputialis (both mis-identifications) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 35 032901     Pyura spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species was previously known as Pyura stolonifera and then P. praeputialis, but has now separated as distinct. P. doppelgangera is native to southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand. See Rius & Teske, 2013.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:734059 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 and Scientific Name verified against:

Rius, M., Teske, P.R., 2013. Cryptic diversity in coastal Australasia: a morphological and mitonuculear genetic analysis of habitat-forming sibling species., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 168: 597-611.