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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 176951 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiuridae |
Rank: | Family |
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Taxon Notes: | This family is currently restricted to the following genera - Ophiura s.s, Ophiocrossota, Ophiocten, Ophioctenella and Ophionotus. Several other genera previously included here are listed as family incertae cedis in O'Hara et al, 2018 - here we retain them in Ophiuridae pending more work to clarify their status. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
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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 |