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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiocomidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 178031 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) | Distribution map: |
Family: | Ophiocomidae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
Recent Synonyms: | Ophiocoma macroplaca | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific Indian Ocean (non coastal) | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
25 178907
Ophiomastix spp. | |
Organism Type: | a brittlestar |
Identifiers: |
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Scientific Name verified against: | O'Hara, T.D. Hugall, A.F. Cisternas, P.A. Boissin, E. Bribiesca-Contreras, G. Sellanes, J. Paulay, G. Byrne, M., 2018. Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 130: 67-80. . doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003 |