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Ophiopholis aculeata  (Linnaeus, 1767)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157617

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 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  
                      SuborderGnathophiurina Matsumoto, 1915  
                         FamilyOphiactidae Matsumoto, 1915  
                            GenusOphiopholis Müller and Troschel, 1840  
                               SpeciesOphiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SubspeciesOphiopholis aculeata aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)  
                                  SubspeciesOphiopholis aculeata japonica (Lyman, 1879)  
                                  SubspeciesOphiopholis aculeata kennerlyi (Lyman, 1860)  
                                  SubspeciesOphiopholis aculeata typica Clark, 1911  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ophiopholis aculeata   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kozloff, Eugene N.   
  Publication Date: 1987   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest   
  Page(s): 511   
  Publisher: University of Washington Press   
  Publication Place: Seattle, Washington, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-295-96530-4   
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