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Ophiura sericea Forbes, 1852 
AphiaID: 124935

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily) > Ophiura (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852)
Rank Species
Parent Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
Sources  original description: Forbes, E. 1852. Echinodermata of the British Tertiaries. , 1-36, pls 1-4. Palaeontographical Society: London [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124935
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiura sericea Forbes, 1852. 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=124935 on 2013-05-26
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