Ophiuroidea - The World Ophiuroidea Database

English squirrel's tail for Sertularia argentea Linnaeus, 1758

Authority

for Ceramaster granularis granularis (Retzius, 1783)

(O.F. Müller, 1776) [details]

Authority

for Eostichopus Cutress & Miller, 1982

Cutress & Miller, 1982 (non Deichmann, 1958) [details]

Authority

for Euphronides auricularia R. Perrier, 1902

R. Perrier, 1896 [details]

Authority

for Gorgonocephalus lamarckii (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

(J. Müller & Troschel, 1842) [details]

Authority

for Hedingia mediterranea (Bartolini Baldelli, 1914) Tortonese, 1965

(Bartolini Baldelli, 1914) Tortonese, 1963 [details]

authority

for Katianira cornigera Gurjanova, 1930

Gurjanova, 1946 [details]

Authority

for Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica Levinsen, 1886

Levinsen, 1887 [details]

Authority

for Mesothuria candelabri Hérouard, 1923

Heding, 1940 [details]

Authority

for Nymphon brevitarse Krøyer, 1844

Kröyer, 1844 [details]

Authority

for Nymphon longimanum Sars, 1888

(G.O. Sars, 1888) [details]

Authority

for Nymphon longitarse Krøyer, 1844

Kröyer, 1844-45 [details]

Authority

for Nymphon sluiteri Hoek, 1901

Hoek, 1881 [details]

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for Nymphon spinosissimum (Norman, 1894)

Norman, 1894 [details]

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for Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)

Düben & Koren, 1846 [details]

Authority

for Synapta buskii MacIntosh, 1866

McIntosh [details]

Authority

for Synapta duvernaea Quatrefages, 1842

de Quatrefages, 1842 [details]

Authority

for Trochoderma Théel, 1877

Theel, 1877 [details]

Biology

for Benthodytes janthina Marenzeller von, 1892

pelagic as juvenile [details]

Biology

for Benthodytes typica Théel, 1882

Pelagic as juvenile. [details]

Biology

for Pelagothuriidae Ludwig, 1893

Swimming forms. [details]

Biology

for Peniagone diaphana (Théel, 1882)

pelagic [details]

Biology

for Psychropotes depressa (Théel, 1882)

Pelagic as juvenile. Adults may swim for short periods. [details]

Biology

for Psychropotes longicauda Théel, 1882

Pelagic as juvenile. [details]

Biology

for Psychropotidae Théel, 1882

including active swimmers [details]

Biology

for Scotothuria herringi Hansen, 1978

Pelagic Dendrothuria similis Koehler & Vaney, 1905 possibily synonym of S. herringi [details]

Classification

for Catalaimus Cobb, 1920

Treated as subgenus of Calyptronema Marion, 1870. [details]

Classification

for Cladodactyla syracusana Grube, 1840

position in Ocnus questionable. [details]

Classification

for Ocnus koellikeri (Semper, 1868)

position in Ocnus questionable [details]

Classification

for Ocnus petiti (Cherbonnier, 1957)

position in Ocnus questionable. [details]

Classification

for Parastichopus tremulus (Gunnerus, 1767)

Jensenius Madsen & Hansen 1994 were referring this species to Stichopus Brandt, 1835, because they thought that ... [details]

Classification

for Polydora guillei Laubier & Ramos, 1974

This species belongs to the "Genus B" described by Mackie, in ASYM 92. According to NEAT the species is mediterranean. [details]

Distribution

for Pelagothuria Ludwig, 1893

no species in N. Atlantic. [details]

Publication date

for Nymphon hirtum Fabricius, 1780

Date of publication is 1794 [details]

Publication date

for Nymphon rubrum Hodge, 1864

Date of publication is 1865 [details]

Synonymy

for Benthodytes glutinosa Perrier R., 1896

synonymized by Hansen (1975) [details]

Synonymy

for Benthogone quadrilineata Heding, 1940

synonymized by Hansen (1975) [details]

Synonymy

for Benthothuria funebris Perrier R., 1898

Benthothuria valdiviae Heding, 1940 possible synonym of B. funebris [details]

Synonymy

for Caudinidae Heding, 1931

Hansen (1999, NEAT) considers Caudinidae a synonym of Eupyrgidae Semper, 1868 [details]

Synonymy

for Cyclopecten subimbrifer A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897

synonymysed with Cyclopecten pustulosus (Verrill, 1873) [details]

Synonymy

for Echinus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844

Echinus norvegicus could be a species of its own [details]

Synonymy

for Euphronides anchora Hérouard, 1912

Synonymized by Hansen (1975). [details]

Synonymy

for Euphronides cornuta Verrill, 1884

Synonymized by Hansen (1975). [details]

Synonymy

for Euphronides kerhervei (Hérouard, 1896)

Synonymized by Hansen (1975). [details]

Synonymy

for Euphronides talismani Perrier E., 1886

Synonymized by Hansen (1975). [details]

Synonymy

for Hippasteria insignis Dons, 1937

Possibly a synonym but thought to be distinct by Madsen (pers. comm. to A.M. Clark). [details]

Synonymy

for Holothuria aspera Bell, 1889

Possibly synonym of Mesothuria lactea [details]

Synonymy

for Holothuria digitata Montagu, 1815

Considered as a basionym of Oestergrenia digitata (Montagu, 1815) [details]

Synonymy

for Holothuria roulei Koehler, 1895

Heding (1942) is moving this species out from synonymity with M. verrilli (Théel). [details]

Synonymy

for Kefersteinia cirrhata (Keferstein, 1862)

Synonymised with Psamathe fusca Johnston, 1836 [details]

Synonymy

for Labidoplax Östergren, 1898

Lapidoplax Grieg, 1912 = labidoplax Östergren, 1898 [details]

Synonymy

for Labidoplax digitata var. profundicola (Kemp, 1905)

synonym with Oestergrenia digitata profundicola Kemp, 1905 [details]

Synonymy

for Labridae Cuvier, 1816

Lapidoplax Grieg, 1912 = labidoplax Östergren, 1898 [details]

Synonymy

for Ludwigia Reiffen, 1901

Ludwigia Reiffen, 1901 (p.p.), non Bayle, 1878 synonymized with Ocnus Forbes & Goodsir, in Forbes, 1841 [details]

Synonymy

for Mesothuria expectans Perrier R., 1899

may be teh young of Paroriza prohoi Hérouard, according to Mortensen (1927). [details]

Synonymy

for Molpadiodemas acaudum Heding, 1935

Heding 1942 insists in keeping this genus, but is admitting that its type species may be a synonym of ... [details]

Synonymy

for Nymphon gracilipes Miers, 1875

Possibly a junior synonym of N. stroemi Kröyer, 1844-45 [details]

Synonymy

for Oneirophanta alternata Perrier R., 1900

synonymized by Hansen (1975) [details]

Synonymy

for Paelopatides grisea Perrier R., 1898

Probably a synonym of the Carribean P. agassizi Théel, according to Deichmann (in Mortensen, 1927). However, ... [details]

Synonymy

for Pannychia glutinosa Hérouard, 1902

According to Deichmann (in Mortensen, 1927) is this a young Benthodytes lingua Perrier [details]

Synonymy

for Paradoneis Hartman, 1965

May be a synonym of Cirrophorus [details]

Synonymy

for Paramphitrite tetrabranchia Holthe, 1976

May be a junior synonym of Paramphitrite birulai (Ssolowiew, 1899) according to Jirkov (2001: 519). Subsequently ... [details]

Synonymy

for Peniagone foliacea (Hérouard, 1912)

synonymized by Gebruk (1990) [details]

Synonymy

for Planktothuria diaphana Gilchrist, 1920

Synonymized by Gebruk (1989) and Miller & Pawson (1990) [details]

Synonymy

for Protochrysis Pascher, 1911

Part of it can be referred to Hemiselmis [details]

Synonymy

for Psychropotes buglossa Perrier E., 1886

Synonymized by Hansen (1975). [details]

Synonymy

for Psychropotes furcata R. Perrier, 1896

Synonymized by Hansen (1975). [details]

Synonymy

for Scotoanassa translucida Hérouard, 1899

This species has been synonymized by Hansen (1975) and Gebruk (1990) [details]

Synonymy

for Scotothuria Hansen, 1978

Dendrothuria Koehler & Vaney, 1905 possibly synonym ofScotothuria [details]

Synonymy

for Thoa Lamouroux, 1816

Opinion 1220, ICZN see http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228085#page/206/mode/1up [details]

Synonymy

for Ypsilothuria talismani talismani E. Perrier, 1886

Echinocucumis hispida (Barrett, 1857) var. abyssalis Koehler, 1896 possible synonym of Y. talismani talismani. [details]

Taxonomy

for Haliclona (Haliclona) cinerea (Grant, 1826)

Jones (1987) uses the name H. elegans (Bowerbank, 1866) and treats H. cinerea (Grant, 1826) as a nomen nudum. [details]

Taxonomy

for Mesothuria (Mesothuria) murrayi grandipes Hérouard, 1923

M. murrayi var. grandipes in NEAT [details]

Taxonomy

for Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869

Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869, described from the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea), was considered to be ... [details]

Type locality

for Chiridota arenata Gould, 1841

Massachusetts [details]

Type locality

for Chiridota discolor Eschscholtz, 1829

NE Pacific [details]

Type locality

for Eostichopus arnesoni Cutress & Miller, 1982

Puerto Rico [details]

Type locality

for Pseudostichopus mollis Théel, 1886

unknown [details]

Type locality

for Stichopus chloronotus Brandt, 1835

unknown [details]

Type locality

for Trachythyone auct. [non Studer, 1876]

Antartic [details]

Validity

for Oestergrenia digitata var. profundicola (Kemp, 1905)

possibly a dubious taxon according to Mortensen (1927). [details]

Validity

for Peniagone wyvillii Théel, 1882

Gebruk (1990) considered this species as nomen nudum. [details]

Validity

for Psolus hypsinotus Heding, 1942

this may be the young of another species according to the author himself. [details]

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