CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 178907 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiomastix spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family:	25 178 Ophiocomidae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a brittlestar]
Organism Type:	a brittlestar
Synonyms:	Ophiarthrum spp.
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 178000 Ophiocomidae
Child Codes:	25 178019 Ophiomastix annulosa 25 178020 Ophiomastix asperula 25 178023 Ophiomastix brocki 25 178021 Ophiomastix caryophyllata 25 178022 Ophiomastix corallicola 25 178004 Ophiomastix elegans 25 178010 Ophiomastix endeani 25 178024 Ophiomastix flaccida 25 178025 Ophiomastix janualis 25 178031 Ophiomastix macroplaca 25 178026 Ophiomastix mixta 25 178012 Ophiomastix occidentalis 25 178027 Ophiomastix palaoensis 25 178005 Ophiomastix pictum 25 178028 Ophiomastix variabilis
Previous Codes (if any):	25 178903

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:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b45fbaab-67c8-4805-a434-bf0cd7ecf408 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report