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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiuridae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 25 176053 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiomastus meridionalis (Lyman, 1879) |
| CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) | |
| Family: | Ophiuridae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Ophiura meridionalis | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in subantarctic/Antarctic waters: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Antarctica Southern Ocean (non coastal) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
25 176910
Ophiomastus spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a brittlestar |
| Taxon Notes: | This genus is listed as family incertae cedis in O'Hara et al, 2017 - here we retain it in Ophiuridae pending more work to clarify it status. | ||||
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| Record source: | O'Hara, T.D., 1999. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 57(2): 167-223. |
| 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 |