MSBIAS taxon details
Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858)
124850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124850)
accepted
Species
Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858) Lütken, C. F. (1858). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Förste Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 5: 1-74, 2 pls.
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124850 on 2025-05-20
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124850 on 2025-05-20
original description
(of Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896) Koehler, R. (1896). Note preliminaire sur les Ophiures des premières campagnes de la “Princesse Alice”. <em>Memoirs Societe Zoologique de France.</em> 9, 241-253., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38554 [details]
original description (of Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858) Lütken, C. F. (1858). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Förste Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 5: 1-74, 2 pls.
page(s): 33 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
original description (of Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858) Lütken, C. F. (1858). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Förste Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 5: 1-74, 2 pls.
page(s): 33 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]




Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858)
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocten affinis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858)
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocten affinis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Ophiura affinis Lütken, 1858)