Ophiuroidea name details

Ophiura ambigua (Lyman, 1878)

173628  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173628)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Euryophiurida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiurida (Order)
  10. Ophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiuridae (Family)
  12. Ophiurinae (Subfamily)
  13. Ophiura (Genus)
  14. Ophiura ambigua (Species)
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  1. Subspecies Ophiura ambigua migrans Hertz, 1927 accepted as Ophiuroglypha ambigua migrans (Hertz, 1927) (Subgenus Ophiuroglypha raised to genus level)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioglypha ambigua 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. Ophiura ambigua (Lyman, 1878). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173628 on 2025-09-19
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2005-07-13 10:16:18Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2022-03-11 08:50:45Z
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Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Ophioglypha ambigua 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] 

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 Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype (of Ophioglypha ambigua Lyman, 1878) MCZ OPH-560 [details]
Syntype (of Ophioglypha ambigua Lyman, 1878) MCZ OPH-917 [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) 
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-560) (from synonym Ophioglypha ambigua Lyman, 1878)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-917) (from synonym Ophioglypha ambigua Lyman, 1878)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiura ambigua (Lyman) (USNM E46397) disc,ventral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiura ambigua (Lyman) (USNM E46397) ventral view) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) 
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