Ophiaster Gran, 1912

Holotype species: Ophiaster formosus Gran

Original publication and holotype designation: Gran, H.H. (1912). Pelagic plant life. In: The depths of the ocean: a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic with contributions from Professor A. Appellöf, Professor H. H. Gran and Dr. B. Helland-Hansen. (Murray, J. & Hjort, J. Eds), pp. 307-386. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, St Martin's Street.

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The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-10-08 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

Comments: Heimdal (1997: 754) records this genus as a member of the Order Coccosphaerales, Family Halopappaceae. Heimdal (1997: 803) records Ophiaster hydroideus as the type species of this genus.

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