Marine Species Traits - Ophiocomina Koehler in Mortensen, 1920

Ophiuroidea taxon details

Ophiocomina Koehler in Mortensen, 1920

AphiaID

123593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123593)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Asterias nigra Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)

Parent

Ophiotomidae Paterson, 1985

Direct children (3)

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Species Ophiocomina arnaudi O'Hara & Thuy, 2022
Species Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Species Ophiocomina australis H.L. Clark, 1928 accepted as Clarkcoma australis (H.L. Clark, 1928) (transferred to Clarkcoma by Naughton et al. (2014))

Environment

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

Original description

Mortensen, T. (1920). Notes on some Scandinavian Echinoderms, with descriptions of two new Ophiurids. Videnskabelige Meddelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 72, 45-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31437711 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocomina Koehler in Mortensen, 1920. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123593 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2011-07-13 12:05:25Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-21 15:03:48Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Mortensen, T. (1920). Notes on some Scandinavian Echinoderms, with descriptions of two new Ophiurids. Videnskabelige Meddelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 72, 45-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31437711 [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
page(s): 13 [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 Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

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Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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