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","NameVerifiedSource":"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 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006","Parent_Id":25176902,"scientificName":"Ophiomastus meridionalis","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Ophiurida","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"O'Hara, T.D., 1999. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 57(2): 167-223.","vernacularName":"[a brittlestar]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2004-05-11","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243736","family":"Ophiuridae","standardName":"","class":"Ophiuroidea","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}