The structure of this family has varied in the last few years, but here we follow O'Hara et al, 2018, and do not recognise subfamilies. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:
AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:02b443b0-c543-4f2c-9e5d-3f0e1fe90710
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196223
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2018-07-13
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)
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Scientific Name verified against:
O'Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Martynov, A., 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification., European Journal of Taxonomy, Vol. 416: 1-35. . doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.416
