BeRMS taxon details

Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 
AphiaID: 123574

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Ophiuroidea > Ophiurida > Ophiurina > Chilophiurina > Ophiuridae > Ophiurinae
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon of  Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840
Parent Ophiurinae Lyman, 1865
Sources  basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

status source: Melville, R.V. (1980). Opinion 1152. Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(2): 78-80. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
Species Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1854)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123574
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-07-05 21:51:50Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
2009-04-01 08:13:38Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiura Lamarck, 1801. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123574 on 2013-05-22
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