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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Echinodermata (phylum)
» Ophiuroidea (class)
» Ophiurida (order)
» Ophiactidae (family)
CAAB Code :
25 190004
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Scientific Name and Authority :
Ophiactis amator
Koehler, 1922
Rank : Species
CAAB category :
25 -
Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.)
Family :
25 190 Ophiactidae (ophiuroids and 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 190902
Ophiactis spp.
Distribution map :
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Identifiers :
AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f6769147-5f1d-4585-adbf-52069174f4e3
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173147
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2016-05-12
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences )
Images :
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-02200
CSIRO Specimen Reference: IN2015_C01_064_129 Survey: IN2015_C01 [details ] Date: 14-November-2015 Position: -34.074° 129.182° Depth: 2648.6 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-02201
CSIRO Specimen Reference: IN2015_C01_064_129 Survey: IN2015_C01 [details ] Date: 14-November-2015 Position: -34.074° 129.182° Depth: 2648.6 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-02202
CSIRO Specimen Reference: IN2015_C01_064_129 Survey: IN2015_C01 [details ] Date: 14-November-2015 Position: -34.074° 129.182° Depth: 2648.6 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Record source :
Rowe, F.W.E. Gates, J., 1995, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 33. Echinodermata . CSIRO, East Melbourne
Scientific Name verified against :
WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species . . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.