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Neoplax ophiodes Bell, 1884 
AphiaID: 221148

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiomyxina (Suborder) > Ophiomyxidae (Family) > Neoplax (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Neoplax Bell, 1884
Parent Neoplax Bell, 1884
Sources  original description: Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. “Alert”, 1881-2, 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17 & 45. London [details]

basis of record: Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55291#page/35/mode/1up [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221148
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1999-06-08 22:07:11Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-06-07 10:36:39Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-11-15 15:20:06Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Neoplax ophiodes Bell, 1884. 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=221148 on 2013-05-21
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