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Ophiophragmus septus (Lütken, 1859) 
AphiaID: 243934

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family) > Ophiophragmus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ophiophragmus Lyman, 1865
Synonymised
taxa		  Amphiodia erecta Koehler, 1914
 Amphipholis erecta (Koehler, 1914) (synonymized by Thomas (1962))
 Amphiura septa Lütken, 1859 (transferred to differnt genus)
Sources  basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details]

from synonym: Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology 62 (6): 263-338, 8 pl.. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Thomas, L.P. 1962. The shallow water amphiurid brittle stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 12(4): 623-694. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lütken, C.F. 1859. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskaps Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning, 5, 177-271, 5 pl. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belize [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
Trinidad and Tobago [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243934
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiophragmus septus (Lütken, 1859). 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=243934 on 2013-05-25
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