WoRMS name details
Ophionereis hexactis H.L. Clark, 1938
213414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213414)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
Holotype MCZ OPH-5205
Holotype MCZ OPH-5205 [details]
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General...
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General...
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (Madagascar), depth range 0-15 (?70) m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (Madagascar), depth range 0-15 (?70) m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophionereis hexactis H.L. Clark, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213414 on 2026-01-27
Date
action
by
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [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
[request]
new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 [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
[request]new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995)).Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (Madagascar), depth range 0-15 (?70) m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 5205, paratypes Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 5206 (6 specimens), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 5208 (2 specimens). Type locality: East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophionereis hexactis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5205)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5206)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5208)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophionereis hexactis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5205)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5206)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5208)
