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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiacanthidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 185090 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiacantha otagoensis Fell, 1958 |
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) | |
Family: | Ophiacanthidae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
Recent Synonyms: | Ophiacantha abyssicola | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) Southern Ocean (non coastal) | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
25 185906
Ophiacantha spp. | |
Organism Type: | a brittlestar |
Taxon Notes: | This species has previously been confused with A. abyssicola. | ||||
Identifiers: |
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Record source and 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. |