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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

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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