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

CAAB Code:	25 166901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiomyxa spp.

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)	Distribution map: Occurrence locations [6] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Family:	Ophiomyxidae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a brittlestar]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 166000 Ophiomyxidae - undifferentiated
Child Codes:	25 166001 Ophiomyxa australis 25 166004 Ophiomyxa brevirima 25 166006 Ophiomyxa crinita 25 166009 Ophiomyxa sp. MoV 5501 99 250020 Ophiomyxa sp. 1
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.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:13e6ef7a-e183-404a-920f-0f172868784f Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123631 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-04-16 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report