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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiacanthidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 185015 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiacantha cornuta Lyman, 1878 |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) | |
Family: | Ophiacanthidae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
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: | O'Hara, T.D. Stöhr, S., 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae., Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris, Vol. 193. Tropical Deep-sea Benthos, 24, (Richer de Forges, B. Justine, J.L.): 33-141. |