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Ophiopus Ljungman, 1867 
AphiaID: 123623

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 Ophiopus arcticus Ljungman, 1867
Parent Ophiactidae Matsumoto, 1915
Synonymised
taxa
  Ophiaregma G.O. Sars, 1872 (synonym)
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]

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 Species Ophiopus arcticus Ljungman, 1867
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Link To ITIS
Images 
Ophiopus arcticus
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Ophiopus arcticus
added on 2010-07-28 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Ophiopus arcticus-2
[image from typetaxon]
Ophiopus arcticus-2
added on 2010-07-28 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123623
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2011-06-28 08:20:51Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiopus Ljungman, 1867. 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=123623 on 2013-05-22
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