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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 176933 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiambix 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 176143     Ophiambix aculeatus 25 176144     Ophiambix epicopus

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 its' 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:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123588 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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