Ophiura coriacea Lütken, 1855 
AphiaID: 244265

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

Status		unaccepted (synonymized by Lyman (1882))
Accepted name		Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
Sources		original description Lütken, C. F. (1856). Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Förening i Kjøbenhavn 1856. 7, 1-19. [details] basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy 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] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details] Supporting structure & enclosure Endoskeleton » Structure Solid » Composition Calcareous > High-magnesium calcite (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244265
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-06-29 07:52:58Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2011). Ophiura coriacea Lütken, 1855. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2017). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http://marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244265 on 2017-08-18