Marine Species Traits - Ophiarachnella Ljungman, 1872

Traits taxon details

Ophiarachnella Ljungman, 1872

AphiaID

123545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123545)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophiodermatidae Ljungman, 1867

Direct children (22)

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Species Ophiarachnella africana Koehler, 1914
Species Ophiarachnella capensis (Bell, 1888)
Species Ophiarachnella differens Murakami, 1944
Species Ophiarachnella elegans (Bell, 1894)
Species Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiarachnella honorata (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiarachnella infernalis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiarachnella macracantha H.L. Clark, 1909
Species Ophiarachnella megalaspis H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiarachnella parvispina H.L. Clark, 1925
Species Ophiarachnella paucigranula H.L. Clark, 1938
Species Ophiarachnella paucispina (Koehler, 1905)
Species Ophiarachnella petersi (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiarachnella planispina Liao, 2004
Species Ophiarachnella ramsayi (Bell, 1888)
Species Ophiarachnella semicincta (Studer, 1882)
Species Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ophiarachnella similis (Koehler, 1905)
Species Ophiarachnella snelliusi (A.H. Clark, 1964)
Species Ophiarachnella sphenisci (Bell, 1894)
Species Ophiarachnella stabilis (Koehler, 1905)
Species Ophiarachnella stearnsii (Ives, 1891)

Environment

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

Original description

Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar 1871, 28(5), 615-658. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiarachnella Ljungman, 1872. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123545 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Ophiarachnella Ljungman, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123545 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2008-10-15 08:22:19Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-26 09:46:40Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Ljungman, A.V. 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar 1871, 28(5), 615-658. [details]

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. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, H. L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 52: 107-135., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4336873 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiarachnella)
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To ITIS