CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	25 185060 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiacantha levispina Lyman, 1878
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family:	25 185 Ophiacanthidae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name:	[a brittlestar]
Organism Type:	a brittlestar
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	25 185906 Ophiacantha spp.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [4] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a10a577d-d2be-4379-a338-6ad4b34099c5 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243372 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	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.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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