WoRMS taxon details
Opheodesoma Fisher, 1907
AphiaID: 206887
AphiaID: 206887
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Apodida (Order) > Synaptidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907 (type by original designation) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Synaptidae Burmeister, 1837 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Fisher, W. K. (1907). The Holothurians of the Hawaiian Islands. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst, U. S. Nation. Mus., Proc. 32: (637-744). [details] basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Opheodesoma australiensis Heding, 1931 Species Opheodesoma clarki Heding, 1928 Species Opheodesoma glabra (Semper, 1867) Species Opheodesoma grisea (Semper, 1867) Species Opheodesoma lineata Heding, 1928 Species Opheodesoma radiosa (Lesson, 1830) Species Opheodesoma serpentina (J. Müller, 1850) Species Opheodesoma sinevirga Cherbonnier, 1988 Species Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907 Species Opheodesoma variabilis Heding, 1928 Species Opheodesoma kamaranensis Clark in Clark & Rowe, 1971 (nomen nudum) Species Opheodesoma africana Heding, 1931 accepted as Opheodesoma grisea (Semper, 1867) Species Opheodesoma mauritiae Heding, 1928 accepted as Opheodesoma grisea (Semper, 1867) Species Opheodesoma ramispicula Heding, 1931 accepted as Opheodesoma australiensis Heding, 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Genus Opheodesoma placed in family Synallactidae in Cherbonnier (1952). Family not listed in Clark and Rowe (1971). Genus spelled Ophiodesoma in Clark (1994). Type species: Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206887 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Opheodesoma Fisher, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206887 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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