CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	25 176902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiura spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 176 Ophiuridae (brittlestars) - show full list Common Name: [a brittlestar] Organism Type: a brittlestar Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: 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.

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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.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:eee498ef-2e0c-445e-bde5-a3dfeac016c8 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123574 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-04-16 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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