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Ophiobyrsella Verrill, 1899 
AphiaID: 123629

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiomyxina (Suborder) > Ophiomyxidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ophiobyrsa serpens Lyman, 1883
Parent Ophiomyxidae Ljungman, 1867
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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ophiobyrsella erinaceus Koehler, 1904
Species Ophiobyrsella serpens (Lyman, 1878)

Species Ophiobyrsella hystricis (Lyman, 1883) accepted as Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881)
Species Ophiobyrsella intorta Koehler, 1922 accepted as Ophiobyrsa intorta (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophiobyrsella quadrispinosa Koehler, 1914 accepted as Ophiophrixus quadrispinosus (Koehler, 1914)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123629
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z  checked  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiobyrsella Verrill, 1899. 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=123629 on 2013-05-22
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