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Ophiopeza aster Lyman, 1879 
AphiaID: 212322

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophiopeza (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cryptopelta aster (Lyman, 1879)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Cryptopelta H.L. Clark, 1909
Parent Ophiopeza Peters, 1851
Sources  original description: Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 6(2), 17-83, 10 pl. [details]

source of synonymy: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Notes  Remark: Type specie of the genus Cryptopelta H.L. Clark, 1909 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

synonymy: Original combination [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212322
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2000-04-17 19:03:52Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiopeza aster Lyman, 1879. 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=212322 on 2013-05-19
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