African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

ERMS taxon details

Pectinura Forbes, 1843

AphiaID

123548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123548)

Classification

Status

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Genus

Type taxon

Pectinura vestita Forbes, 1843

Parent

Ophiacanthida incertae sedis

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Species Pectinura vestita Forbes, 1843
Species Pectinura elata Koehler, 1906 accepted as Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879) (synonym)
Species Pectinura forbesi Heller, 1863 accepted as Ophioconis forbesi (Heller, 1863) (synonym)
Species Pectinura heros Lyman, 1879 accepted as Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879) (transferred to Bathypectinura)
Species Pectinura semicincta Studer, 1882 accepted as Ophiarachnella semicincta (Studer, 1882) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153.
page(s): 145 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Pectinura Forbes, 1843. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123548 on 2025-05-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Pectinura Forbes, 1843. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123548 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-26 09:46:40Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-06-13 07:51:47Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153.
page(s): 145 [details]

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. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]

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