WoRMS name details

Ophiophragmus affinis Duncan, 1887

243919  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243919)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Amphiuroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Amphiuridae (Family)
  13. Ophiophragmus (Genus)
  14. Ophiophragmus affinis (Species)
 unaccepted (synonymized by H.L. Clark (1915))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Duncan, P. M. (1887). On the Ophiuridae of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Linnean Society Journal of Zoology.</em> 21, 85-106, 2 pl. & 107-120, 2 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31656301 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiophragmus affinis Duncan, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243919 on 2025-04-30
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2011-07-06 07:33:22Z
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Nomenclature

original description Duncan, P. M. (1887). On the Ophiuridae of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Linnean Society Journal of Zoology.</em> 21, 85-106, 2 pl. & 107-120, 2 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31656301 [details] 

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1970). Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.).</em> 19(1): 1-81., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2305923
page(s): 54 [details] 

source of synonymy Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32500336
page(s): 256; note: Clark chose relictus as valid name, because Amphioplus affinis was a homonym of Amphioplus affinis (Studer, 1885). [details] 

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