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Ophiactis savignyi  (Müller and Troschel, 1842)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157628

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ophiolepis savignyi Müller and Troschel, 1842
  
    Ophiactis brocki Deloriol, 1893
  
    Ophiactis incisa Von Martens, 1870
  
    Ophiactis rheinhardtii Lütken, 1859
  
    Ophiactis sexradia Grube, 1857
  
    Ophiactis virescens Lütken, 1856
  
    Ophiactis krebsi Lütken, 1856
  
    Ophiactis reinhardtii Lütken, 1859
  
  Common Name(s): savigny's brittle star
 
    savigny's brittle star [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                            GenusOphiactis Lütken, 1856  
                               SpeciesOphiactis savignyi (Müller and Troschel, 1842) – savigny's brittle star, savigny's brittle star  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ophiactis savignyi, savigny's brittle star   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hendler, Gordon, John E. Miller, David L. Pawson, and Porter M. Kier  
  Publication Date: 1995   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean   
  Page(s): xi + 390   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-450-3   
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  Reference for: Ophiactis savignyi   
       

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