CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	39 125902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aipysurus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	39 - Reptilia Reptiles
Family:	39 125 (sea snakes) - show full list
Common Name:	[a sea snake]
Organism Type:	a sea snake
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	39 125000 Elapidae: Hydrophiinae
Child Codes:	39 125002 Aipysurus apraefrontalis 39 125003 Aipysurus duboisii 39 125005 Aipysurus foliosquama 39 125006 Aipysurus fuscus 39 125007 Aipysurus laevis 39 125004 Aipysurus mosaicus 39 125034 Aipysurus pooleorum 39 125008 Aipysurus tenuis

Taxon Notes:

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	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d8c4316b-2265-47d4-93e2-6a443ef25a95 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343586 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2020-10-29 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	Sanders, K.L., Lee, M.S.Y., Mumpuni, Bertozzi, T., Rasmussen, A.R., 2013. Multilocus phylogeny and recent rapid radiation of the viviparous sea snakes (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae)., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 66: 575-591. . dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.021 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.021

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