Ophiophragmus septus (Lütken, 1859) 
AphiaID: 243934

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Ophiophragmus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiophragmus Lyman, 1865
Synonymised taxa		Amphiodia erecta Koehler, 1914 Amphipholis erecta (Koehler, 1914) (synonymized by Thomas (1962)) Amphiura septa Lütken, 1859 (transferred to differnt genus)
Sources		basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details] from synonym: Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology 62 (6): 263-338, 8 pl.. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Thomas, L.P. 1962. The shallow water amphiurid brittle stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 12(4): 623-694. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lütken, C.F. 1859. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskaps Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning, 5, 177-271, 5 pl. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Belize [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Puerto Rico [details] Trinidad and Tobago [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243934
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiophragmus septus (Lütken, 1859). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243934 on 2013-05-25