Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915 
AphiaID: 243378

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiacanthidae (Family) > Ophiacantha (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915)
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842
Sources		original description: Clark, H.L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls.  [details] basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy: Devaney, D.M. (1970). Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithson. Contr. Zool. 51: 1-41. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		type locality: Hawaii [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243378
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2007-12-05 08:40:02Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine 2008-03-04 09:40:24Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915. 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=243378 on 2013-05-21