WoRMS taxon details
Ophiactidae Matsumoto, 1915
AphiaID: 123207
AphiaID: 123207
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Ophiactis Lütken, 1856 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Gnathophiurina | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Hemipholis Lyman, 1865 Genus Histampica A.M. Clark, 1970 Genus Ophiactis Lütken, 1856 Genus Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Ophiopus Ljungman, 1867 Genus Amphiactis Matsumoto, 1915, non Verrill, 1869 accepted as Histampica A.M. Clark, 1970 Genus Ophiaregma G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Ophiopus Ljungman, 1867 Genus Ophiolypus Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiolipus Lyman, 1878 Genus Polypholis Duncan, 1880 accepted as Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: A single rectangular, block-like oral papilla at the tip of each jaw. Richmond 1997 <282>. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123207 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiactidae. 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=123207 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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