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Ophidiaster  L. Agassiz, 1836
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157054

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Chione Gistel, 1848
  
    Asterias arenata Lamarck, 1816
  
    Asterias bicolor Lamarck, 1816
  
    Ophidiaster arenatus (Lamarck, 1816)
  
    Ophidiaster bicolor (Lamarck, 1816)
  
    Ophidiaster chinensis Perrier, 1875
  
    Linckia franciscus Nardo, 1834
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguičre, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyOphidiasteridae Verrill, 1870  
                            GenusOphidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster agassizi Perrier, 1881  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster armatus Koehler, 1910  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster bayeri A. H. Clark, 1948  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster bullisi (Downey, 1970)  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster confertus H. L. Clark, 1916  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster cribrarius Lütken, 1871  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster duncani de Loriol, 1885  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster easterensis Ziesenhenne, 1964  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster guildingi Gray, 1840 – Guilding's star 
                               SpeciesOphidiaster helicostichus Sladen, 1889  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster kermadecensis Benham, 1911  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster lorioli Fisher, 1906  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster ludwigi de Loriol, 1900  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster macknighti H. E. S. Clark, 1962  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster multispinus Liao & A. M. Clark, 1996  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816) – estrella púrpura 
                               SpeciesOphidiaster perplexus A. H. Clark, 1954  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster perrieri de Loriol, 1885  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster rhabdotus Fisher, 1906  
                               SpeciesOphidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1880  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah   
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Ophidiaster    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ophidiaster   
       
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Ophidiaster   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey   
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Starfishes of the Atlantic   
  Page(s): xxvi + 794   
  Publisher: Chapman and Hall   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-412-43280-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ophidiaster   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
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