| Full name: |
World Ophiuroidea database UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Ophiuroidea |
| Version: |
2017-03-01 |
| Release date: |
2017-03-01 |
| Authors/editors: |
Stöhr S., O’Hara T. & Thuy B. (Eds) . |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Echinodermata - Ophiuroidea |
| English name of the group: |
Brittle stars and basket stars |
|
Number of living species |
2,077 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
43 |
| Number of extinct species: |
277 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
2,152 |
| Number of common names: |
86 |
| Total number of names: |
4,635 |
| Abstract: |
This first ever world database of extant ophiuroid species names is the result of long term accumulation of taxonomic information from the literature. It is the most recent and up-to-date census of the taxon available. Data are contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: |
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea
|
| Bibliographic citation: |
Stöhr S., O’Hara T. & Thuy B. (Eds) . (2017). WoRMS Ophiuroidea: World Ophiuroidea database (version 2017-03-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
