WoRMS name details
Ophiacantha spectabilis G.O. Sars, 1872
125005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125005)
unaccepted > superseded combination (transferred by O'Hara & Thuy, 2022)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha spectabilis G.O. Sars, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125005 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2022). Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5124(1): 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1
page(s): 28 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2022). Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5124(1): 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1
page(s): 28 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [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]
additional source BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ OPH-2009 [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha spectabilis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2009)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha spectabilis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2009)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
