CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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CAAB Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 25 178031 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority: 		Ophiomastix macroplaca    (H.L. Clark, 1915)
CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Distribution map:

Occurrence locations [1] shown as red or dark brown circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Family: Ophiocomidae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name: [a brittlestar]
Recent Synonyms: Ophiocoma macroplaca
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
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:
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212379
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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
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