CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 176930 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiophyllum 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
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 176955 Ophiopyrgidae
Child Codes:	25 176138 Ophiophyllum petilum 25 176120 Ophiophyllum teplium 25 176151 Ophiophyllum umbonatum

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	NZOR-6-21136 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

Scientific Name verified against:	Christodoulou, M., O'Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Arbizu, P.M., 2019. Dark ophiuroid biodiversity in a prospective abyssal mine field., Current Biology, Vol. 29: 3909-3912. . doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.012 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.012

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