WoRMS name details

Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003

242146  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242146)

 unaccepted (lowered to sugenus level)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf [details]   
Taxonomy This species was described with Dictenophiura on generic level (although subgeneric in the image caption), while other...  
Taxonomy This species was described with Dictenophiura on generic level (although subgeneric in the image caption), while other authors regard it as a subgenus. However, since Pacific species may be different from Atlantic ones, it is here kept on generic level until a revision solves the matter. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242146 on 2024-07-08
Date
action
by
2007-07-05 21:51:50Z
created
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
2011-06-29 07:52:58Z
changed

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original description McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomy This species was described with Dictenophiura on generic level (although subgeneric in the image caption), while other authors regard it as a subgenus. However, since Pacific species may be different from Atlantic ones, it is here kept on generic level until a revision solves the matter. [details]