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WoRMS taxon details

Ophiocten megaloplax Koehler, 1900

AphiaID

173530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173530)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiocten Lütken, 1855

Original name

Ophiocten megaloplax Koehler, 1900

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Koehler, R. (1900). Note preliminaire sur les Echinides et les Ophiures de l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. Bulletin Academie Royale Belgique. 11(3), 814-820. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocten megaloplax Koehler, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173530 on 2025-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-13 10:16:18Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Koehler, R. (1900). Note preliminaire sur les Echinides et les Ophiures de l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. Bulletin Academie Royale Belgique. 11(3), 814-820. [details]

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

[request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]