WoRMS name details
Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
213213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213213)
unaccepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiarachna gorgonia Müller & Troschel, 1842) 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. Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213213 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophiarachna gorgonia Müller & Troschel, 1842) 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clark, H. L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 52: 107-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4336873 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Status unclear: A.M. Clark (1968) refers 'the remaining species which have been referred to Pectinura' to Ophiopeza, but makes no mention of P. gorgonia (though Ludwig (1899) is listed in the reference section). [details]Synonymy Status of Pectinura not clear, possibly type species (only known from the holotype from the Meditteranean) only species. [details]
