WoRMS taxon details
Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842
204164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204164)
accepted
Genus
Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851 · unaccepted (Synonymized by O'Hara et al. (2018))
Ophiomastix (Acantharachna) · unaccepted (type species synonymized)
- Species Ophiomastix annulosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Ophiomastix asperula Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiomastix brocki O'Hara in O'Hara et al., 2018
- Species Ophiomastix caryophyllata Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiomastix corallicola H.L. Clark, 1915
- Species Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851)
- Species Ophiomastix endeani (Rowe & Pawson, 1977)
- Species Ophiomastix flaccida Lyman, 1874
- Species Ophiomastix janualis Lyman, 1871
- Species Ophiomastix koehleri Devaney, 1977
- Species Ophiomastix lymani (de Loriol, 1893)
- Species Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915)
- Species Ophiomastix marshallensis Devaney, 1978
- Species Ophiomastix mixta Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiomastix occidentalis (H.L. Clark, 1938)
- Species Ophiomastix ornata Koehler, 1905
- Species Ophiomastix palaoensis Murakami, 1943
- Species Ophiomastix pictum (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Ophiomastix stenozonula Devaney, 1974
- Species Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905
- Species Ophiomastix venosa Peters, 1851
- Species Ophiomastix wendtii (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Subgenus Ophiomastix (Acantharachna) accepted as Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type species synonymized)
- Species Ophiomastix (Acantharachna) mirabilis Smith, 1878 accepted as Ophiomastix flaccida Lyman, 1874
- Species Ophiomastix bispinosa H.L. Clark, 1917 accepted as Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905
- Species Ophiomastix elegans Brock, 1888 accepted as Ophiomastix brocki O'Hara in O'Hara et al., 2018 (Homonym after transfer of Ophiarthrum elegans to Ophiomastix by O'Hara et al. (2019))
- Species Ophiomastix luetkeni Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Ophiomastix janualis Lyman, 1871
- Species Ophiomastix notabilis H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiomastix variabilis Koehler, 1905
- Species Ophiomastix pusilla Brock, 1888 accepted as Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888) accepted as Breviturma pusilla (Brock, 1888)
- Species Ophiomastix sexradiata A.H. Clark, 1952 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
- Species Ophiomastix australis (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomastix Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204164 on 2025-05-16
Date
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2000-09-20 08:24:09Z
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Garcia, Maria
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]
original description (of Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851) Peters, W. (1851). Übersicht der an der Küste von Mossambique eingesammelten Ophiuren, unter denen sich zwei neue Gattungen befinden. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851.</em> 463-466. [details]
original description (of Ophiomastix (Acantharachna)) Smith, E.A. (1878). Description of Acantharachna mirabilis, a new form of Ophiuridae. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 13: 335-337, pl. XVIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31597593
page(s): 335 [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851) Peters, W. (1851). Übersicht der an der Küste von Mossambique eingesammelten Ophiuren, unter denen sich zwei neue Gattungen befinden. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851.</em> 463-466. [details]
original description (of Ophiomastix (Acantharachna)) Smith, E.A. (1878). Description of Acantharachna mirabilis, a new form of Ophiuridae. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 13: 335-337, pl. XVIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31597593
page(s): 335 [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]
source of synonymy O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Cisternas, P. A.; Boissin, E.; Bribiesca-Contreras, G.; Sellanes, J.; Paulay, G.; Byrne, M. (2019). Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 67-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003 [details]
source of synonymy O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Cisternas, P. A.; Boissin, E.; Bribiesca-Contreras, G.; Sellanes, J.; Paulay, G.; Byrne, M. (2019). Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 67-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark In family Ophiuridae in Ludwig (1899).Type species: Ophiura annulosa Lamarck, 1816 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オハグロクモヒトデ属 [from synonym]アカクモヒトデ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiarthrum) (from synonym Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiomastix)
To Genbank (from synonym Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851)
To Genbank
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiarthrum) (from synonym Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiomastix)
To Genbank (from synonym Ophiarthrum Peters, 1851)
To Genbank
