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Ophiosphaera Brock, 1888 
AphiaID: 204551

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867
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]

taxonomy source: Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa 2697: 1-154. [details]

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[show all]		 Species Ophiosphaera insignis Brock, 1888
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Note  Remark: Type species: Ophiosphaera insignis Brock, 1888 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204551
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-04-19 18:45:56Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-20 08:02:26Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2010-12-03 12:08:34Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiosphaera Brock, 1888. 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=204551 on 2013-05-19
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