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Ophiura  Lamarck, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157411

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassOphiuroidea Gray, 1840 – basket stars, brittlestars, snake stars, ofiúro, serpente do mar, ophiures, basket stars, brittle stars, brittlestars, snake stars  
                   OrderOphiurida Müller and Troschel, 1840 – basket stars, serpent stars, basket stars, serpent stars  
                      SuborderChilophiurina Matsumoto, 1915  
                         FamilyOphiuridae Lyman, 1865  
                            GenusOphiura Lamarck, 1801  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesOphiura acervata   
                               SpeciesOphiura affinis   
                               SpeciesOphiura albida   
                               SpeciesOphiura atacta   
                               SpeciesOphiura aurantiaca   
                               SpeciesOphiura bathybia H. L. Clark, 1911  
                               SpeciesOphiura carnea Lütken, 1858  
                               SpeciesOphiura cryptolepis H. L. Clark, 1911  
                               SpeciesOphiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878)  
                               SpeciesOphiura irrorata (Lyman, 1878)  
                               SpeciesOphiura kofoidi Mcclendon, 1909  
                               SpeciesOphiura leptoctenia H. L. Clark, 1911  
                               SpeciesOphiura ljungmani   
                               SpeciesOphiura lutkeni (Lyman, 1860)  
                               SpeciesOphiura maculata   
                               SpeciesOphiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                               SpeciesOphiura quadrispina   
                               SpeciesOphiura robusta   
                               SpeciesOphiura sarsi Lütken, 1855  
                               SpeciesOphiura scutulata Lütken and Mortensen, 1899  
                               SpeciesOphiura signata   
                               SpeciesOphiura texturata   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ophiura   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca   
  Publication Date: 2002   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
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  Reference for: Ophiura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Spencer, W. K., and C. W. Wright / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Asterozoans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1   
  Page(s): U4-U107   
  Publisher: The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
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