WoRMS taxon details

Ophiarachnella capensis (Bell, 1888)

213216  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213216)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiacanthida (Order)
  10. Ophiodermatina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiodermatoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiodermatidae (Family)
  13. Ophiarachnella (Genus)
  14. Ophiarachnella capensis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pectinura capensis Bell, 1888) Bell, F. J. (1888). Descriptions of four new species of Ophiurids. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. London.</em> ?, 281-284, pl. 16. [details] 
Note Cape of Good Hope (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976).  
Unreviewed
Type locality Cape of Good Hope (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiarachnella capensis (Bell, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213216 on 2025-05-07
Date
action
by
1999-06-28 19:20:39Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pectinura capensis Bell, 1888) Bell, F. J. (1888). Descriptions of four new species of Ophiurids. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. London.</em> ?, 281-284, pl. 16. [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] 

Other

additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type locality Cape of Good Hope (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
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