WoRMS taxon details
Ophiacantha echinulata Lyman, 1878
243347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243347)
accepted
Species
Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) pectinula Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonymized by Koehler (1914))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295874 [details]
Holotype MCZ OPH-1943
Holotype MCZ OPH-1943 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha echinulata Lyman, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243347 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295874 [details]
original description (of Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) pectinula Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) pectinula Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [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
Holotype MCZ OPH-1943 [details]
