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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 125913 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Microcephalophis 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 125023     Microcephalophis gracilis

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:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343615 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-05-26 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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