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Ophiura elegans Leach, 1815 
AphiaID: 570576

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily) > Ophiura (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (suppressed by ICZN)
Record
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Accepted name  Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Rank Species
Parent Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
Sources  source of synonymy: Clark, A.M. (1987). Case 2131. Asterias squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 (currently Amphipholis squamata; Echinodermatat, Ophiuroidea): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(4): 246-247., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/2629 [details]

source of synonymy: ICZN Opinion 1560. Asterias squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 (curretnly Amphipholis squamata; Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(3): 210., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/5120 [details]

Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570576
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2011-04-26 07:16:22Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiura elegans Leach, 1815. 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=570576 on 2013-05-25
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