WoRMS taxon details
Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939
204545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204545)
accepted
Genus
Ophiothauma H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (synonymised by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
- Species Ophiocomella alexandri (Lyman, 1860)
- Species Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900)
- Species Ophiocomella pumila (Lütken, 1856)
- Species Ophiocomella schmitti A.H. Clark, 1939
- Species Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
- Species Ophiocomella valenciae (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Ophiocomella caribbaea A.H. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900) (synonymized by O'Hara et al. (2018))
- Species Ophiocomella clippertoni A.H. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
- Species Ophiocomella gorgoni (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ophiocomella parva (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887) (synonym)
- Species Ophiocomella schultzi A.H. Clark, 1941 accepted as Ophiocomella sexradia (Duncan, 1887)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, A. H. (1939). Echinoderms (other than holothurians) collected on the presidential cruise of. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 98 (11): 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8824173 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204545 on 2025-07-04
Date
action
by
2000-09-20 08:24:09Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, A. H. (1939). Echinoderms (other than holothurians) collected on the presidential cruise of. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 98 (11): 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8824173 [details]
original description (of Ophiothauma H.L. Clark, 1938) Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ophiothauma H.L. Clark, 1938) Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Ophiocomella caribbaea A.H. Clark, 1939 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
