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Ophiarachna Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 206179

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophiarachninae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ophiarachninae Matsumoto, 1915
Sources  basis of record: Clark H.L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52: 107-135. [details]

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

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869
Species Ophiarachna delicata (H.L. Clark, 1932)
Species Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ophiarachna mauritiensis de Loriol, 1893
Species Ophiarachna megacantha H.L. Clark, 1938
Species Ophiarachna ohshimai Murakami, 1943
Species Ophiarachna quinquespinosa Koehler, 1922
Species Ophiarachna robillardi de Loriol, 1893

Species Ophiarachna discrepans (nomen dubium)

Species Ophiarachna armata Troschel, 1879 accepted as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiarachna clavigera Brock, 1888 accepted as Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869
Species Ophiarachna gorgonia Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiarachna infernalis Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella infernalis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiarachna septemspinosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiarachna snelliusi A.H. Clark, 1964 accepted as Ophiarachnella snelliusi (A.H. Clark, 1964)
Species Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867 accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
Species Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, 1867 accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
Species Ophiarachna stellata Ljungman, 1867 accepted as Ophiochasma stellata (Ljungman, 1867)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
Note  Remark: Type species: Ophiura incrassata Müller & Troschel, 1842 by subsequent designation by Lütken (1869) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206179
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1999-06-28 10:19:11Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  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). Ophiarachna Müller & Troschel, 1842. 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=206179 on 2013-05-19
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