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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiacanthidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 185014 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878 |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) | Distribution map: |
Family: | Ophiacanthidae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
Recent Synonyms: | Ophiacantha confusa Ophiacantha tenuispina Ophiacantha graphica Ophiacantha dumosa | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) South Pacific (Fiji etc.) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
25 185906
Ophiacantha spp. | |
Organism Type: | a brittlestar |
Identifiers: |
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Record source: | Rowe, F. W. E. Gates, J., 1995, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 33. Echinodermata. CSIRO, East Melbourne |
Scientific Name verified against: | Mills, V.S. O'Hara, T.D., 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Zootaxa, Vol. 3613(5): 401-444. |