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Ophiactis carnea Ljungman, 1867 
AphiaID: 212335

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiactidae (Family) > Ophiactis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ophiactis Lütken, 1856
Synonymised
taxa		  Ophiactis africana capensis Hertz, 1926
 Ophiactis capensis Hertz, 1926 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [details]

from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hertz, M. 1927. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 19. Zoologie, 11, 1-54. [details] [view taxon]

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

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Description: Disc colour reddish-brown and whitish. Habitat: coral reef, rocks (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
Also distributed in SE Arabia and Persian Gulf (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]

Type locality: Type locality: Port Natal (Durban) (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976).
In family 'Amphiuridae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212335
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-27 07:27:35Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiactis carnea Ljungman, 1867. 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=212335 on 2013-05-23
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