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Ophiomastus Lyman, 1878

172611  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172611)

  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. Ophionereidina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiolepidoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Hemieuryalidae (Family)
  13. Ophiomastus (Genus)
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  1. Species Ophiomastus bispinosus Mortensen, 1925
  2. Species Ophiomastus bulufonica Tommasi, 1976
  3. Species Ophiomastus conveniens Koehler, 1923
  4. Species Ophiomastus flora Litvinova, 1981
  5. Species Ophiomastus ludwigi Koehler, 1900
  6. Species Ophiomastus melanieae Hertz, 1927
  7. Species Ophiomastus meridionalis (Lyman, 1879)
  8. Species Ophiomastus molinae Castillo-Alárcon, 1968
  9. Species Ophiomastus perforatus Hertz, 1927
  10. Species Ophiomastus perplexus Koehler, 1904
  11. Species Ophiomastus platydiscus H.L. Clark, 1939
  12. Species Ophiomastus primula Hertz, 1927
  13. Species Ophiomastus satelitae Tommasi & Abreu, 1974
  14. Species Ophiomastus secundus Lyman, 1878
  15. Species Ophiomastus serratus (Mortensen, 1936)
  16. Species Ophiomastus tegulitius Lyman, 1878
  17. Species Ophiomastus trispinosus Bernasconi & D'Agostino, 1977
  18. Species Ophiomastus tuberculata Tommasi, 1976
  19. Species Ophiomastus tumidus Koehler, 1897
  20. Species Ophiomastus admiral Fell, 1958 accepted as Ophiozonella stellata (Lyman, 1878)
  21. Species Ophiomastus australis (Koehler, 1901) accepted as Ophiopyrgus australis Koehler, 1901 (synonym)
  22. Species Ophiomastus melaniae Hertz, 1927 accepted as Ophiomastus melanieae Hertz, 1927
  23. Species Ophiomastus planulatus (Koehler, 1922) accepted as Ophiopyrgus planulatus Koehler, 1922
  24. Species Ophiomastus rotundus G.A. Smith, 1923 accepted as Ophiomastus meridionalis (Lyman, 1879) (synonymized by Mortensen (1936))
  25. Species Ophiomastus stellamaris Fell, 1952 accepted as Ophiozonella stellamaris (Fell, 1952)
  26. Species Ophiomastus texturatus Lyman, 1883 accepted as Actinozonella texturata (Lyman, 1883) (transferred by Stöhr (2011))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295874 [details] 

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. Ophiomastus Lyman, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172611 on 2025-07-16
Date
action
by
2005-07-12 13:53:46Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2018-03-26 09:46:40Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2025-01-31 12:28:13Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295874 [details] 

original description 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] 

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 [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Christodoulou, M.; O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Arbizu, P. M. (2019). Dark Ophiuroid Biodiversity in a Prospective Abyssal Mine Field. <em>Current Biology.</em> 29(22): 3909-3912.e3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.012 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

 
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