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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 125000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Elapidae: Hydrophiinae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles Family: 39 125 (sea snakes) - show full list Common Name: seasnakes Common Names List: sea snakes Organism Type: a sea snake Synonyms: Hydrophiidae Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Coastal (0-40m) Child Codes: 39 125902     Aipysurus spp. 39 125905     Emydocephalus spp. 39 125907     Ephalophis spp. 39 125908     Hydrelaps spp. 39 125909     Hydrophis spp. 39 125913     Microcephalophis spp. 39 125911     Parahydrophis spp. Previous Codes (if any): 00 705000

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Taxon Notes:	This is one of two marine subfamilies of this family. The other is the Laticaudinae - 39 124000. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD NZOR-6-49243 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia Cleveland V2020100 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196114 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Scientific Name verified against:

Rasmussen, A.R., Sanders, K.L., Guinea, M.L., Amey, A.P., 2014. Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) - a review with an updated identification key., Zootaxa, Vol. 3869(4): 351-371. . dx.doi.org/10.11464/zootaxa.3869.4.1 doi:10.11464/zootaxa.3869.4.1