Ophiolepidina 
AphiaID: 368126

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiolepidina (Infraorder)

Authority		Ljungman, 1867
Status		accepted
Rank		Infraorder
Parent		Ophiurina
Sources		original description Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866. 23(9): 303-336. [details] taxonomy source Smith, A. B.; Paterson, G. L. J.; Lafay, B. (1995). Ophiuroid phylogeny and higher taxonomy: morphological, molecular and palaeontological perspectives. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 114, 213-243. [details] [show all]
Direct child taxa (1)		Family Ophiolepididae Ljungman, 1867
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Link		To GenBank
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details] Supporting structure & enclosure Endoskeleton » Structure Solid » Composition Calcareous > High-magnesium calcite (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] [show lower level...]        Loading...
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368126
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-10-08 14:58:54Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2008). Ophiolepidina. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2017). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368126 on 2017-09-25