Ophioplinthus scutata
creator: Stöhr, Sabine
date: 2026-08-28
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: Ophioplinthus scutata (Lyman, 1883)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioplinthus scutata (Lyman, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574666 on 2026-08-28
created: 2011-06-29T09:52:58Z
modified: 2011-06-29T09:52:58Z
replaces: 242736
replaces: 245861
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Ophioplinthus scutata (Lyman, 1883)
class: Ophiuroidea
family: Ophiopyrgidae
genus: Ophioplinthus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. 10(6), 227-287.
name published in year: 1883
order: Ophiurida
parent name usage ID: 172623
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (Lyman, 1883)
specific epithet: scutata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted