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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiocomidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 178004 | ||||
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851) | ||||
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata | ||||
Family: | Ophiocomidae (brittlestars) - show full list | ||||
Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | ||||
Recent Synonyms: | Ophiarthrum elegans | ||||
Organism Type: | a brittlestar | ||||
Identifiers: |
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Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) South Pacific (Fiji etc.) Tropical Indo-Pacific (countries N/NE Australia) Indian Ocean (non coastal) | ||||
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | ||||
Record source: | Rowe, F. W. E. Gates, J., 1995, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 33. Echinodermata. CSIRO, East Melbourne | ||||
Scientific Name verified against: | O'Hara, T.D. Hugall, A.F. Cisternas, P.A. Boissin, E. Bribiesca-Contreras, G. Sellanes, J. Paulay, G. Byrne, M., 2018. Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 130: 67-80. . doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003 |
Record details
Record entered on 18-Jul-2000 00:00 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Record modified on 30-Sep-2019 09:39 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update genus
Modification history:
16-SEP-2015: add MoV number (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
30-SEP-2019: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Ophiarthrum)
(previous authority: Peters)
Record modified on 30-Sep-2019 09:39 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update genus
Modification history:
16-SEP-2015: add MoV number (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
30-SEP-2019: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Ophiarthrum)
(previous authority: Peters)