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Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977 
AphiaID: 212373

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocominae (Subfamily) > Ophiocoma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835
Synonymised
taxa		  Ophiocoma alternans Endean, 1964 (junior homonym of O. alternans v. Martens, 1870)
Sources  original description: Rowe, F.W.E.; Pawson, D.L. . 1977. A catalogue of echinoderm type-specimens in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum, 30(14), 337-364. [details]

basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

from synonym: Endean, R. 1963. A new species of brittle-star (Echinodermata. Ophiuroidea) from northern New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 88(3), 295-297. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: New South Wales (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
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Notes  Ecology: Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, endemic in Australia, littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Holotype: Holotype in Australian Museum, Sydney (Australia) J7344, paratypes Australian Museum, Sydney (Australia) J7345 (23 specimens). Type locality: Hastings Point, northern New sourth Wales (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212373
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z  created  Garcia, Maria
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiocoma endeani Rowe & Pawson, 1977. 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=212373 on 2013-05-23
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