Ophioderma tongana Lütken, 1872 
AphiaID: 587512

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophiodermatinae (Subfamily) > Ophioderma (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840
Synonymised taxa		Ophioderma tonganum Lütken, 1872 (spelling change acc. to gender)
Sources		from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lütken, C.F. 1872. Ophiuridarum novarum vel minus cognitarum descriptiones nonnullae. [Beskrivelse af nogle nye eller mindre bekjerdte Slangestjernerne] Med nogle Bemaerkninger om Selvdelingen hos Straaldyrene. Overs. K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh., 77, 75-158, 2 pls. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Note		Editor's comment: Since Ophioderma has been ruled to be of feminine gender, the spelling of tonganum has to be changed to tongana. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:587512
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2011-11-15 09:08:01Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophioderma tongana Lütken, 1872. 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=587512 on 2013-05-26