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Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 213213

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Pectinura (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
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Accepted name  Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Rank Species
Parent Pectinura Forbes, 1843
Source  source of synonymy: Clark H.L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52: 107-135. [details]

Distribution Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Tanzania [details]
Notes  Remark: Status unclear: A.M. Clark (1968) refers 'the remaining species which have been referred to Pectinura' to Ophiopeza, but makes no mention of P. gorgonia (though Ludwig (1899) is listed in the reference section). [details]

Synonymy: Status of Pectinura not clear, possibly type species (only known from the holotype from the Meditteranean) only species. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213213
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-08-04 14:17:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-24 07:28:46Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2009-04-23 07:58:07Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Pectinura gorgonia (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=213213 on 2013-05-19
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