Ophiocten cryptum McKnight, 2003 
AphiaID: 242143

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily) > Ophiocten (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiocten Lütken, 1855
Sources		original description: McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. Zootaxa 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf [details] additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		New Zealand [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242143
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-05 21:51:50Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiocten cryptum McKnight, 2003. 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=242143 on 2013-06-19