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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	25 185926 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiocomina spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 185 Ophiotomidae (brittlestars) - show full list Common Name: [a brittlestar] Organism Type: a brittlestar Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 185953     Ophiotomidae Previous Codes (if any): 25 178906

Taxon Notes:	Recent genetic studies have shown that all Australasian species previously placed in this genus actually belong in Clarkcoma. This genus currently contains no species from this region. See Naughton et al, 2014. 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:001b87cd-6943-44b4-85c4-037c7786e9c9 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Naughton, K.M., O'Hara, T.D., Appleton, B., Cisternas, P.A., 2014. Antitropical distributions and species delimitation in a group of ophiocomid brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae)., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 78: 232-244.