CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 176915 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophioplinthus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family:	25 176 Ophiopyrgidae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a brittlestar]
Organism Type:	a brittlestar
Synonyms:	Ophiurolepis spp.
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 176955 Ophiopyrgidae
Child Codes:	25 176006 Ophioplinthus accomodata 25 176147 Ophioplinthus banzarei 25 176054 Ophioplinthus brevirima 25 176105 Ophioplinthus carinata 25 176055 Ophioplinthus gelida 25 176096 Ophioplinthus inornata 25 176056 Ophioplinthus martensi 25 176104 Ophioplinthus tumescens

Taxon Notes:

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:38344c3e-2f01-4f11-b42a-0f0267fddec0 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

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