Ophiothrix scorpio (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 212425

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiothrix (Genus)

Status		alternate representation
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) scorpio (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] source of synonymy: Clark, A.M. (1967) Notes on the family Ophiotrichidae (Ophiuroidea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 13, vol. ix: 637-655, pls X, XI [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Red Sea [details]
Note		Remark: In Subgenus (Acanthophiothrix) A.M. Clark, 1967 (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212425
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-04-01 13:22:26Z   created   Onyango, Eunice 2000-09-22 07:17:05Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2009-06-30 07:37:34Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiothrix scorpio (Müller & Troschel, 1842). 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=212425 on 2013-05-23