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CAAB Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Echinodermata (phylum)  »  Ophiuroidea (class)  »  Ophiurida (order)  »  Ophiotrichidae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 192901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiothrix spp.
CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata
Family:	Ophiotrichidae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a brittlestar]
Distribution:	Occurrence locations [5] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Organism Type:	a brittlestar
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.
Parent Codes:	25 192000     Ophiotrichidae - undifferentiated
Child Codes:	25 192069     Ophiothrix accedens 25 192035     Ophiothrix alboviridis 25 192001     Ophiothrix aristulata 25 192047     Ophiothrix armata 25 192002     Ophiothrix caespitosa 25 192036     Ophiothrix ciliaris 25 192037     Ophiothrix crassispina 25 192074     Ophiothrix deceptor 25 192038     Ophiothrix dyscrita 25 192039     Ophiothrix elegans 25 192040     Ophiothrix exigua 25 192041     Ophiothrix foveolata 25 192048     Ophiothrix lepidus 25 192042     Ophiothrix liodisca 25 192043     Ophiothrix megaloplax 25 192044     Ophiothrix miles 25 192049     Ophiothrix picteti 25 192045     Ophiothrix plana 25 192050     Ophiothrix proteus 25 192051     Ophiothrix purpurea 25 192066     Ophiothrix pusilla 25 192071     Ophiothrix sp. MoV 5502 25 192070     Ophiothrix sp. MoV 5727 25 192046     Ophiothrix trilineata 25 192052     Ophiothrix vigelandi 25 192053     Ophiothrix viridialba 25 192072     Ophiothrix vitrea 99 250021     Ophiothrix sp. (like caespitosa) 99 250022     Ophiothrix sp. 1
Identifiers:	World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:603257    Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2018-03-13 View at WoRMS    - View potential occurrences at OBIS
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Scientific Name verified against:	O'Hara, T.D. Hugall, A.F. Thuy, B. Stöhr, S. Martynov, A.V., 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 107: 415-430. . doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006