CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Aves (class)  »  Sphenisciformes (order)  »  Spheniscidae (family)

CAAB Code: 40 001000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Spheniscidae  

Rank: Family
CAAB category: 40 - Aves Birds
Family: 40 1 Spheniscidae (penguins) - show full list
Common Name: penguins
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Child Codes: 40 001901     Aptenodytes spp.
40 001902     Eudyptes spp.
40 001903     Eudyptula spp.
40 001904     Pygoscelis spp.
40 001905     Spheniscus spp.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6dbdebb8-dd70-47ad-a8f4-f70e647717d4
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196034
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-08-14
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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