Ophiuroidea taxon details

Ophiosteira antarctica Bell, 1902

AphiaID

173603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173603)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Ophiosteira Bell, 1902

Parent

Ophiosteira Bell, 1902

Original name

Ophiosteira antarctica Bell, 1902

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bell, F. J. (1902). Reports on the collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the “Southern Cross”. VIII. Echinoderma. 214-220, 2 pl. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiosteira antarctica Bell, 1902. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173603 on 2026-08-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-13 10:16:18Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Bell, F. J. (1902). Reports on the collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the “Southern Cross”. VIII. Echinoderma. 214-220, 2 pl. [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, A.; Johnston, N.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