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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiotrichidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 25 192904 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Macrophiothrix spp. |
| CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) | |
| Family: | Ophiotrichidae (brittlestars) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a brittlestar] | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Ophiothrix (Keystonea) spp. | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
25 192000
Ophiotrichidae - undifferentiated | |
| Child Codes: |
25 192059
Macrophiothrix albolineata 25 192060 Macrophiothrix albostriata 25 192005 Macrophiothrix belli 25 192067 Macrophiothrix caenosa 25 192006 Macrophiothrix callizona 25 192007 Macrophiothrix capillaris 25 192008 Macrophiothrix demessa 25 192054 Macrophiothrix hymenacantha 25 192009 Macrophiothrix koehleri 25 192010 Macrophiothrix lampra 25 192011 Macrophiothrix leucosticha 25 192061 Macrophiothrix lineocaerulea 25 192012 Macrophiothrix longipeda 25 192013 Macrophiothrix lorioli 25 192075 Macrophiothrix martensi australis 25 192055 Macrophiothrix martensi martensi 25 192014 Macrophiothrix megapoma 25 192062 Macrophiothrix melanosticta 25 192015 Macrophiothrix michaelseni 25 192056 Macrophiothrix nereidina 25 192016 Macrophiothrix nobilis 25 192017 Macrophiothrix obtusa 25 192073 Macrophiothrix oliveri 25 192018 Macrophiothrix paucispina 25 192019 Macrophiothrix propinqua 25 192057 Macrophiothrix pulchra 25 192020 Macrophiothrix rhabdota 25 192021 Macrophiothrix robillardi 25 192058 Macrophiothrix smaragdina 25 192063 Macrophiothrix spongicola 25 192064 Macrophiothrix striolata 25 192022 Macrophiothrix variabilis 25 192076 Macrophiothrix vicina 25 192065 Macrophiothrix virgata | |
| Organism Type: | a brittlestar |
| Taxon Notes: | 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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| Scientific Name verified against: | 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 |