Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 25 176910 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Ophiomastus 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
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Parent Codes
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25 176951
Ophiuridae
- Child Codes
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25 176053
Ophiomastus meridionalis
25 176087 Ophiomastus sp. MoV 5503
25 176022 Ophiomastus tegulitius
- Taxon Notes
- This genus is listed as family incertae cedis in O'Hara et al, 2018 - here we retain it in Ophiuridae pending more work to clarify it status. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:27250fb5-e96e-4ef0-b006-b0cafd8988fb
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
- Record source
- 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
- 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