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Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957
AphiaID
244171
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244171)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Echinodermata
(Phylum)
Asterozoa
(Subphylum)
Ophiuroidea
(Class)
Myophiuroida
(Subclass)
Metophiurida
(Infraclass)
Ophintegrida
(Superorder)
Amphilepidida
(Order)
Gnathophiurina
(Suborder)
Ophiactoidea
(Superfamily)
Ophiotrichidae
(Family)
Ophiothrix
(Genus)
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix)
(Subgenus)
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix)
Müller & Troschel, 1840
Original name
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957
Synonymised names
Ophiothrix echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957
·
alternative representation
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database.
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244171 on 2025-06-08
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine
2011-07-07 07:16:16Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
[taxonomic tree]
Sources (2)
Documented distribution (10)
Attributes (4)
Links (3)
original description
(of
Ophiothrix echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957
)
Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33.
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
basis of record
Stöhr Sabine
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
(from synonym
Ophiothrix echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957
)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiothrix echinotecta)
(from synonym
Ophiothrix echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957
)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
(from synonym
Ophiothrix echinotecta
Balinsky, 1957
)
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