Ophiomastix elegans
creator: Stöhr, Sabine
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1306667 on 2026-08-30
created: 2018-10-26T13:40:13Z
modified: 2018-10-26T13:40:13Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Ophiomastix elegans (Peters, 1851)
class: Ophiuroidea
family: Ophiocomidae
genus: Ophiomastix
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Clark, H. L. (1932). Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scient. Rep. Gt. Barrier Reef Exped. 4, 197-239, 9 figs, 1 pl.
name published in: Peters, W. (1851). Übersicht der an der Küste von Mossambique eingesammelten Ophiuren, unter denen sich zwei neue Gattungen befinden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851. 463-466.
name published in year: 1932
name published in year: 1851
order: Ophiacanthida
parent name usage ID: 204164
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (Peters, 1851)
specific epithet: elegans
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted