Marine Species Traits - Ophiolebella Mortensen, 1936

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Ophiolebella Mortensen, 1936

AphiaID

172638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172638)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ophiolebes biscutifer G.A. Smith, 1923 accepted as Ophiolebella biscutifera (G.A. Smith, 1923)

Parent

Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867

Direct children (1)

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Species Ophiolebella biscutifera (G.A. Smith, 1923)

Environment

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

Original description

Mortensen, T. (1936). Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports. 12: 199-348, pls. 1-9. (iii-1936)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606952
page(s): 305 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolebella Mortensen, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172638 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Mortensen, T. (1936). Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports. 12: 199-348, pls. 1-9. (iii-1936)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606952
page(s): 305 [details]

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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

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

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Other

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

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Introduced: alien

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