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Ophiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen 
AphiaID: 123593

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocominae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asterias nigra Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789
Parent Ophiocominae
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

new combination reference: Mortensen, T. 1920. Notes on some Scandinavian Echinoderms with descriptions of two new Ophiuroids. Videnskabelige Meddelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 72, 45-79. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ophiocomina australis H.L. Clark, 1928
Species Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123593
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2011-07-13 12:05:25Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiocomina Koehler, 1920 in Mortensen. 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=123593 on 2013-05-22
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