Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 243582

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocominae (Subfamily) > Ophiocoma (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1835
Synonymised taxa		Ophiocoma riisei Lütken, 1856 Ophiocoma wendti Müller & Troschel, 1842
Sources		basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details] basis of record (from synonym): Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Müller, J.H.; Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. , 1-134. Vieweg: Braunschweig [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Lütken, C.F. (1855). Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavet Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening 1854, 6: 95-104. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Belize (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Costa Rica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cuba (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dominican Republic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] Haiti (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Honduras (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Jamaica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Lesser Antilles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Panama (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Puerto Rico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Trinidad and Tobago (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Venezuela (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] West Indian Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 45 proteins) To ITIS
Note		Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243582
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243582 on 2013-06-19