Ophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894) 
AphiaID: 322555

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
Synonymised taxa		Amphiophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894) (synonym) Ophioglypha aspera Koehler, 1898 (synonym) Ophioglypha saurura Verrill, 1894 (synonym)
Sources		new combination reference: Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111 [details] from synonym: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. 1898. Echinoides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Nueve). Résultats des Campagnes scientifiques par Prince Albert I, Monaco, 12, 1-78, 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18768#page/7/mode/1up [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Verrill, E.A. 1894. Descriptions of new starfishes and Ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings US National Museum, 17, 245-297. [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:322555
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-03 09:56:51Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894). 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=322555 on 2013-05-19