Database details
Full name: | World Ophiuroidea Database |
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Short name: | WoRMS Ophiuroidea |
Version: | Oct 2008 |
Release date: | 2008-10-10 |
Authors/editors: | S. Stöhr & T. O’Hara |
Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Echinodermata - Ophiuroidea |
English name of the group: | Brittle stars and basket stars |
Number of species: | 2,152 |
Number of infraspecific taxa: | 60 |
Number of synonyms: | 1,733 |
Number of common names: | 21 |
Total number of names: | 3,966 |
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 |