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Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 123622

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiactidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Ophiactidae Matsumoto, 1915
Synonymised
taxa		  Polypholis Duncan, 1880 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig
page(s): 96 [details]

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]

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[hide all]		 Species Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  » Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata typica H.L. Clark, 1911 (species inquirenda)
» Subspecies Ophiopholis aculeata kennerlyi (Lyman, 1860) accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860
Species Ophiopholis bakeri McClendon, 1909
Species Ophiopholis brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879
Species Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860
Species Ophiopholis longispina H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiopholis mirabilis (Duncan, 1879)
Species Ophiopholis pilosa Djakonov, 1954

Species Ophiopholis bellis (Forbes, 1839?) accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Ophiopholis caryi Lyman, 1860 accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
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Images 
Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata
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Ophiopholis aculeata-shell
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Ophiopholis aculeata-shell
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123622
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2010-05-19 07:58:43Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiopholis. 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=123622 on 2013-05-24
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