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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	25 185927 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiocanops spp.
Rank:	Genus

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 Synonyms: Renetheo spp. Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 185951     Ophiacanthidae Child Codes: 25 185102     Ophiocanops felli 25 185103     Ophiocanops fugiens Previous Codes (if any): 25 162901, 25 166907

Taxon Notes:	This genus has previously been placed in several different families, most recently in the Ophiomyxidae prior to being placed here in the Ophiacanthidae. 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:8bee65a9-a0e0-43fb-a5c5-bbf366c39cc8 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Record source:	O'Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Stöhr, S., Martynov, A.V., 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 107: 415-430. . doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006
Scientific Name verified against:	O'Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Martynov, A., 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification., European Journal of Taxonomy, Vol. 416: 1-35. . doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.416