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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiocomidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 178904 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiocoma spp. |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) | |
Family: | Ophiocomidae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
25 178000
Ophiocomidae - undifferentiated | |
Child Codes: |
25 178006
Ophiocoma anaglyptica 25 178030 Ophiocoma cynthiae 25 178011 Ophiocoma erinaceus 25 178015 Ophiocoma schoenleinii 25 178016 Ophiocoma scolopendrina | |
Organism Type: | a brittlestar |
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: |
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Scientific Name verified against: | 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 |