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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiuridae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 176902 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiura spp. |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) |
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Family: | 25 176 Ophiuridae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
Organism Type: | a brittlestar | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
25 176951
Ophiuridae | |
Child Codes: |
25 176064
Ophiura aequalis 25 176002 Ophiura clemens 25 176052 Ophiura crassa 25 176001 Ophiura flagellata 25 176094 Ophiura fluctuans 25 176088 Ophiura lanceolata 25 176038 Ophiura micracantha 25 176039 Ophiura ooplax 25 176040 Ophiura palliata 25 176058 Ophiura sp. MoV 2728 25 176084 Ophiura sp. MoV 2734 25 176091 Ophiura sp. MoV 4545 25 176072 Ophiura sp. MoV 5513 25 176125 Ophiura sp. MoV 7067 25 176097 Ophiura spinicantha 99 250259 Ophiura sp. |
Taxon Notes: | This genus as currently recognised is polyphyletic, and some species actually belong in different families. It is in urgent need of detailed revision. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
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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 |