Ophiurida 
AphiaID: 123117

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class)

Authority		Müller & Troschel, 1840
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Order
Parent		Ophiuroidea
Synonymised taxa		Ophiurae (synonym)
Sources		basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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 (from synonym): Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English brittlestars  [details]
Direct child taxa		Suborder Ophiomyxina Suborder Ophiurina Suborder Laemophiurina (unaccepted)
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123117
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2005-12-30 14:07:12Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-09-17 13:16:00Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiurida. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123117 on 2013-06-18