Ophiuroidea name details
Ophiolepis uncinata Ayres, 1852
245511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:245511)
unaccepted (synonymized by Lyman (1865))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ayres, W. O. (1854). Descriptions of two new species of Ophiuridae. <em>Proceedings Boston Society Natural History.</em> 4: 248-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870837 [details]
Taxonomy Considerable confusion exists about the name H. cordifera, but pending a revision, O. uncinata is kept in the synonymy...
Taxonomy Considerable confusion exists about the name H. cordifera, but pending a revision, O. uncinata is kept in the synonymy proposed by Lyman (1865) [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolepis uncinata Ayres, 1852. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=245511 on 2026-05-15
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original description
Ayres, W. O. (1854). Descriptions of two new species of Ophiuridae. <em>Proceedings Boston Society Natural History.</em> 4: 248-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870837 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Lyman, T. (1865). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1: 1-200., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4298745 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Lyman, T. (1865). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1: 1-200., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4298745 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Considerable confusion exists about the name H. cordifera, but pending a revision, O. uncinata is kept in the synonymy proposed by Lyman (1865) [details]