WoRMS taxon details
Ophiolepis impressa Lütken, 1859
243695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243695)
accepted
Species
Ophiozona impressa (Lütken, 1859) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1859). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 5, 177-271, 5 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13591530 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolepis impressa Lütken, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243695 on 2025-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1859). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 5, 177-271, 5 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13591530 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Devaney, D. M. (1974). Shallow-water echinoderms from British Honduras, with a description of a new species of Ophiocoma (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 24: 122-164. [details]
redescription Pineda-Enríquez, T.; Bribiesca-Contreras, G.; Solís-Marín, F. A.; Laguarda-Figueras, A.; O'Hara, T. (2018). New species of the genus Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98(8): 2049-2065., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417001503
page(s): 2060 [details]
redescription Pineda-Enríquez, T.; Bribiesca-Contreras, G.; Solís-Marín, F. A.; Laguarda-Figueras, A.; O'Hara, T. (2018). New species of the genus Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98(8): 2049-2065., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417001503
page(s): 2060 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Ophiozona impressa (Lütken, 1859))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiolepis impressa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiozona impressa (Lütken, 1859))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (76 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Ophiozona impressa (Lütken, 1859))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiolepis impressa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiozona impressa (Lütken, 1859))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (76 records)
To ITIS
