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Ophiurida 
AphiaID: 123117

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class)
Authority Müller & Troschel, 1840
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Order
Parent Ophiuroidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Ophiurae (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English brittlestars  [details]
Direct child
taxa
 Suborder Ophiomyxina
Suborder Ophiurina

Suborder Laemophiurina (unaccepted)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123117
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2005-12-30 14:07:12Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-09-17 13:16:00Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiurida. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123117 on 2013-05-24
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