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Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939 
AphiaID: 204545

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 Ophiocomella caribbaea A.H. Clark, 1939
Parent Ophiocominae
Sources  basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ophiocomella caribbaea A.H. Clark, 1939
Species Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900)
Species Ophiocomella schmitti A.H. Clark, 1939
Species Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)

Species Ophiocomella gorgoni (nomen nudum)

Species Ophiocomella clippertoni A.H. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
Species Ophiocomella schultzi A.H. Clark, 1941 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
Note  Remark: Type species: Ophiocomella caribbaea A.H. Clark, 1939 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204545
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-04-19 18:45:56Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2008-10-15 08:22:19Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939. 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=204545 on 2013-06-18
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