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Ophioderma tongana Lütken, 1872

587512  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:587512)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiacanthida (Order)
  10. Ophiodermatina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiodermatoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiodermatidae (Family)
  13. Ophioderma (Genus)
  14. Ophioderma tongana (Species)
 unaccepted (wrong ending due to confusion about gender of Ophioderma)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1872). Ophiuridarum novarum vel minus cognitarum descriptiones nonnullae. [Beskrivelse af nogle nye eller mindre bekjerdte Slangestjernerne] Med nogle Bemaerkninger om Selvdelingen hos Straaldyrene. <em>Overs. K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh.</em> 77, 75-158, 2 pls.
page(s): 76 [details] 
Holotype  ZMH, geounit Tonga Islands  
Holotype ZMH, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioderma tongana Lütken, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=587512 on 2025-05-02
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2011-11-15 09:08:01Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2014-02-06 15:46:13Z
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2014-02-07 10:12:13Z
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2018-09-18 15:00:22Z
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2020-02-14 09:22:38Z
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Nomenclature

original description Lütken, C. F. (1872). Ophiuridarum novarum vel minus cognitarum descriptiones nonnullae. [Beskrivelse af nogle nye eller mindre bekjerdte Slangestjernerne] Med nogle Bemaerkninger om Selvdelingen hos Straaldyrene. <em>Overs. K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh.</em> 77, 75-158, 2 pls.
page(s): 76 [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Bartsch, I. (1974). Ophioderma tonganum Lütken und Ophioderma leonis Döderlein (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata). Mitteilungen aus dem hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 70: 97-104. [details] 

status source Ziesenhenne, F.C. 1955. A review of the genus Ophioderma M. & T. Essays in the natural sciences in honour of Captain Alan Hancock, 185-201. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMH, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Since Ophioderma has been ruled to be of feminine gender, the spelling of tonganum has to be changed to tongana. [details]

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