Ophioplocus imbricatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 243985

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiolepidina (Infraorder) > Ophiolepididae (Family) > Ophioplocus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophioplocus Lyman, 1862
Synonymised taxa		Ophiolepis imbricata Müller & Troschel, 1842 Ophiolepis imbricatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 Ophioplocus imbricata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Ophioplocus tessellatus Lyman, 1862 (synonymized by Lyman (1882))
Sources		basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] original description (from synonym): Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Opiuroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76. Zoology, 5(1), 1-386. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Lyman, T. 1862. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 8, 75-86. [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar. No 48: iv +272pp. [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Ophioplocus imbricatus joloensis Domantay & Domantay, 1966
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] New Zealand (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] West Indian Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243985
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophioplocus imbricatus (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=243985 on 2013-06-19