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Ophioderma  Müller and Troschel, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157503

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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  
                         FamilyOphiodermatidae Ljungman, 1867  
                            GenusOphioderma Müller and Troschel, 1840  
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                               SpeciesOphioderma appressum (Say, 1825) – harlequin brittle star, harlequin brittle star 
                               SpeciesOphioderma brevicaudum Lütken, 1856 – short spined ophioderma, short spined ophioderma 
                               SpeciesOphioderma brevispinum (Say, 1825)  
                               SpeciesOphioderma cinereum Müller and Troschel, 1842 – chocolate brittle star, chocolate brittle star 
                               SpeciesOphioderma devaneyi Hendler and Miller, 1984  
                               SpeciesOphioderma guttatum Lütken, 1859 – spotted brittle star, spotted brittle star 
                               SpeciesOphioderma januarii Lütken, 1856  
                               SpeciesOphioderma longicauda   
                               SpeciesOphioderma pallidum   
                               SpeciesOphioderma panamense Lütken, 1859  
                               SpeciesOphioderma phoenium H. L. Clark, 1918 – smooth brittle star 
                               SpeciesOphioderma rubicundum Lütken, 1856 – ruby brittle star, ruby brittle star 
                               SpeciesOphioderma squamosissimum Lütken, 1856 – scaly brittle star, scaly brittle star 
                               SpeciesOphioderma variegatum Lütken, 1856  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ophioderma   
       
  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: Ophioderma   
       
  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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