WoRMS taxon details
Ophiosphalma corticosum (Lyman, 1878)
1062495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062495)
accepted
Species
Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878 · unaccepted (transferred to Ophiosphalma)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878) Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiosphalma corticosum (Lyman, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062495 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878) Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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
page(s): 27 [details]
page(s): 27 [details]





Syntype (of Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878) MCZ OPH-442 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-442) (from synonym Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-442) (from synonym Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiomusium corticosum Lyman, 1878)