Database details
| Full name: | WoRMS Ophiuroidea: World Ophiuroidea Database |
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| Short name: | WoRMS Ophiuroidea |
| Version: | Oct 2008 |
| Release date: | 2008-10-10 |
| Authors/editors: | Stöhr S. & O’Hara T. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Echinodermata - Ophiuroidea |
| English name of the group: | Brittle stars and basket stars |
| Number of species: | 2,152 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 47 |
| Number of synonyms: | 1,701 |
| Number of common names: | 21 |
| Total number of names: | 3,921 |
| 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 |