WoRMS name details
Ophiurolepis abyssorum (Lyman, 1883)
245555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:245555)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioglypha abyssorum Lyman, 1883) Lyman, T. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 10(6), 227-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4211367 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiurolepis abyssorum (Lyman, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=245555 on 2026-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophioglypha abyssorum Lyman, 1883) Lyman, T. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 10(6), 227-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4211367 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000701840066 [details]
