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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiotrichidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 25 192901 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Ophiothrix spp. |
| CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) |
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| Family: | 25 192 Ophiotrichidae (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 192000
Ophiotrichidae | |
| Child Codes: |
25 192069
Ophiothrix accedens 25 192001 Ophiothrix aristulata 25 192047 Ophiothrix armata 25 192002 Ophiothrix caespitosa 25 192036 Ophiothrix ciliaris 25 192037 Ophiothrix crassispina 25 192074 Ophiothrix deceptor 25 192038 Ophiothrix dyscrita 25 192039 Ophiothrix elegans 25 192040 Ophiothrix exigua 25 192041 Ophiothrix foveolata 25 192048 Ophiothrix lepidus 25 192042 Ophiothrix liodisca 25 192044 Ophiothrix miles 25 192049 Ophiothrix picteti 25 192045 Ophiothrix plana 25 192050 Ophiothrix proteus 25 192051 Ophiothrix purpurea 25 192066 Ophiothrix pusilla 25 192071 Ophiothrix sp. MoV 5502 25 192070 Ophiothrix sp. MoV 5727 25 192046 Ophiothrix trilineata 25 192052 Ophiothrix vigelandi 25 192053 Ophiothrix viridialba 25 192072 Ophiothrix vitrea 99 250021 Ophiothrix sp. (like caespitosa) 99 250022 Ophiothrix sp. 1 |
| Taxon Notes: | This genus, as currently recognised, is polyphyletic, and is in urgent need of revision. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
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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 |