Aphia name details
Ophiomusium aporum H.L. Clark, 1928
324407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324407)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1928). The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 3(4): 361-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41025502 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusium aporum H.L. Clark, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324407 on 2026-08-12
Date
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original description
Clark, H. L. (1928). The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 3(4): 361-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41025502 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Madsen, F.J. (1967). Ophiuroidea. British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931, part 3: 123-145 [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp.
page(s): 434 [details]
status source Baker, A. N. (2016). An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera <em>Ophiomusium</em> Lyman and <em>Ophiosphalma</em> H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4097(1): 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Madsen, F.J. (1967). Ophiuroidea. British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931, part 3: 123-145 [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp.
page(s): 434 [details]
status source Baker, A. N. (2016). An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera <em>Ophiomusium</em> Lyman and <em>Ophiosphalma</em> H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4097(1): 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Paratype MCZ OPH-4712 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4712)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiomusium aporum Clark (USNM E46844) dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiomusium aporum Clark (USNM E46844) ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4712)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiomusium aporum Clark (USNM E46844) dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiomusium aporum Clark (USNM E46844) ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)