Ophiuroidea name details

Ophiothrix aristulata Lyman, 1879

212428  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212428)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiactoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiotrichidae (Family)
  13. Ophiothrix (Genus)
  14. Ophiothrix aristulata (Species)
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Macrophiothrix aristulata (Lyman, 1879) · unaccepted (proposed in an unpublished Phd thesis)

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Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details] 
Distribution Also reported from Philippines, south-east Australia (A.M. Clark, 1974); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic,...  
Distribution Also reported from Philippines, south-east Australia (A.M. Clark, 1974); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, continental slope. General distribution: tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 55-620 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothrix aristulata Lyman, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212428 on 2025-09-19
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1999-06-07 19:50:04Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
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Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2007-07-19 10:51:37Z
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Stöhr, Sabine

original description Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details] 

basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype MCZ OPH-2270 [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Also reported from Philippines, south-east Australia (A.M. Clark, 1974); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, continental slope. General distribution: tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 55-620 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark In Subgenus (Ophiothrix) Müller & Troschel, 1840. ?Holotype and paratype in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1882.12.23.194; paratypes in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 2270 (2 specimens). Type locality: off southern Sourth Africa, 35°04'S 18°37'E (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Lyman, 1875 as authority in Clark (1977). [details]
To Barcode of Life (91 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiothrix aristulata) 
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 90 proteins) 
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2270) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) 

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