WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Ophiura loveni (Lyman, 1878)

AphiaID

244281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244281)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym acc. to Paterson (1985))

Accepted name

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata loveni (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha irrorata loveni (Lyman, 1878)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiura Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Ophioglypha loveni Lyman, 1878

Synonymised names

Ophioglypha loveni Lyman, 1878 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Ophioglypha loveni Lyman, 1878) Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiura loveni (Lyman, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244281 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2011-07-06 07:33:22Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophioglypha loveni Lyman, 1878) Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273511 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]