WoRMS taxon details
Ophiarachna Müller & Troschel, 1842
206179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206179)
accepted
Genus
Ophiura incrassata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816) (type by original designation)
- Species Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiarachna delicata (H.L. Clark, 1932)
- Species Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Ophiarachna mauritiensis de Loriol, 1893
- Species Ophiarachna megacantha H.L. Clark, 1938
- Species Ophiarachna ohshimai Murakami, 1943
- Species Ophiarachna quinquespinosa Koehler, 1922
- Species Ophiarachna robillardi de Loriol, 1893
- Species Ophiarachna armata Troschel, 1879 accepted as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Ophiarachna clavigera Brock, 1888 accepted as Ophiarachna affinis Lütken, 1869
- Species Ophiarachna gorgonia Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Ophiarachna infernalis Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella infernalis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Ophiarachna maculata Verrill, 1869 accepted as Ophiopsammus maculata (Verrill, 1869) accepted as Ophiopsammus maculatus (Verrill, 1869)
- Species Ophiarachna septemspinosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Ophiarachna snelliusi A.H. Clark, 1964 accepted as Ophiarachnella snelliusi (A.H. Clark, 1964)
- Species Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867 accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
- Species Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, 1867 accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
- Species Ophiarachna stellata Ljungman, 1867 accepted as Ophiochasma stellatum (Ljungman, 1867) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Ophiarachna discrepans (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiarachna Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206179 on 2025-05-06
Date
action
by
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]
basis of record Clark, H. L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 52: 107-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4336873 [details]
basis of record Clark, H. L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 52: 107-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4336873 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Ophiura incrassata Müller & Troschel, 1842 by subsequent designation by Lütken (1869) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
