WoRMS taxon details
Ophiactis muelleri Lütken, 1856
243460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243460)
accepted
Species
Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918 · unaccepted (synonymized by Mortensen (1933))
Ophiactis mulleri · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Variety Ophiactis muelleri var. quinqueradia Ljungman, 1872 accepted as Ophiactis quinqueradia Ljungman, 1872 (raised to species level)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1856). Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Förening i Kjøbenhavn 1856.</em> 7, 1-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632947 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiactis muelleri Lütken, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243460 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1856). Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Förening i Kjøbenhavn 1856.</em> 7, 1-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632947 [details]
original description (of Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918) Clark, H. L. (1918). Brittle stars, new and old. <em>Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology.</em> 62(6), 263-338, 8 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30093821 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918) Clark, H. L. (1918). Brittle stars, new and old. <em>Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology.</em> 62(6), 263-338, 8 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30093821 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype (of Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918) MCZ OPH-4150 [details]
Paratype (of Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918) MCZ OPH-4194 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophiactis mulleri)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4149) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4150) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4194) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiactis muelleri Lutken (USNM E32349) aboral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (43 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4149) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4150) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4194) (from synonym Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiactis muelleri Lutken (USNM E32349) aboral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (43 records)
