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Ophiuroidea 
AphiaID: 123084

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum)
Authority Gray, 1840
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Class
Parent Asterozoa
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch slangsterren  [details]
English brittlestars  [details]
German Schlangensterne  [details]
Swedish ormstjärnor  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Order Euryalida
Order Ophiurida
Order Ophiuroidea Incertae sedis

Order Euryalae accepted as Euryalida
Order Gnatophiurida accepted as Gnathophiurina
Family Ophiocanopidae Mortensen, 1932 accepted as Ophiomyxidae Ljungman, 1867
Order Ophiurae accepted as Ophiurida
Order Phrynophiurida (unaccepted, systematic revision)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Feedingtypes  carnivore [details]
deposit feeder: surface [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Taxonomy: In the current Linnean system Ophiuroidea is regarded as a class. Following a more phylogenetic view its parent would be Asterozoa according to a popular hypothesis. However, according to another equally parsimonious view, Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea are not sister taxa, which invalidates Asterozoa as their parent. [details]
Images 
Juvenile brittle-star
Juvenile brittle-star
added on 2006-05-02 - author: Bruno Danis
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2012-09-14 09:57:08

Ophiuroidea sp.
Ophiuroidea sp.
added on 2010-02-18 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked

St. Lawrence sea star poster
St. Lawrence sea star poster
added on 2010-11-15 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Ophiuroidea
Ophiuroidea
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Ophiuroidea
Ophiuroidea
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2013-01-11 17:38:08

Ophiuroidea sp.
Ophiuroidea sp.
added on 2011-10-31 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked

Black coral diversity
Black coral diversity
added on 2013-01-10 - author: Johnsen S, Frank TM, Haddock SHD, Widder EA, Messing CG
qualitystatus: checked by Stöhr, Sabine on 2013-01-11 17:37:52
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123084
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2005-03-30 14:51:54Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2005-06-23 08:37:48Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-02-27 14:41:25Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-22 07:47:14Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiuroidea. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123084 on 2013-05-24
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