WoRMS taxon details
Ophiothela Verrill, 1867
205004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205004)
accepted
Genus
Ophioteresis Bell, 1892 · unaccepted
Ophiothrix (Ophiothela) · unaccepted
- Species Ophiothela gracilis Nielsen, 1932
- Species Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela tigris Lyman, 1871
- Species Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900)
- Species Ophiothela vincula Mortensen, 1913
- Species Ophiothela celingae (Domantay, 1957) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, needs to be verified)
- Species Ophiothela ludinge (Domantay, 1957) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, needs to be verified)
- Species Ophiothela ohadra (uncertain > nomen dubium, probably based on a misspelling)
- Species Ophiothela panningi (Domantay & Domantay, 1966) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, needs to be verified)
- Species Ophiothela beauforti (Engel, 1949) accepted as Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900) (synonym acc. to A.M. Clark (1974))
- Species Ophiothela caerulea H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela coerulea H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867) (synonymized by Alitto et al. 2020)
- Species Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela hadra H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela holdsworthii E. A. Smith, 1878 accepted as Gymnolophus obscura (Ljungman, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela involuta Koehler, 1898 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela isidicola Lütken, 1872 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
- Species Ophiothela nuda (H.L. Clark, 1923) accepted as Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900) (synonym acc. to Cherbonnier & Guille (1978))
- Species Ophiothela verrilli Duncan, 1879 accepted as Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiothela mirabilis (Verrill, 1867)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 2. Notes on the echinoderms of Panama and the west coast of America, with descriptions of a new genus. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 251-322., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13465264#page/261/mode/1up [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothela Verrill, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205004 on 2026-01-18
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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
Verrill, A. E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 2. Notes on the echinoderms of Panama and the west coast of America, with descriptions of a new genus. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 251-322., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13465264#page/261/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ophioteresis Bell, 1892) Bell, F.J. (1892). A contribution to the classification of ophiurids, with descriptions of some new and little-known forms. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, 175-183 (look up in IMIS) [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 Ophioteresis Bell, 1892) Bell, F.J. (1892). A contribution to the classification of ophiurids, with descriptions of some new and little-known forms. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, 175-183 (look up in IMIS) [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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context source (PeRMS)
Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
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]
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 Type species: Ophiothrix (Ophiothela) mirabilis Verril, 1867 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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