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Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878 
AphiaID: 172623

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ophioplinthus medusa Lyman, 1878
Parent Ophiurinae Lyman, 1865
Synonymised
taxa
  Homalophiura H.L. Clark, 1915
Homophiura Paterson, 1985 (synonym)
Ophiurolepis Matsumoto, 1915 (synonym)
Theodoria Fell, 1961 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

status source: Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111 [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Ophioplinthus abyssorum (Lyman, 1883)
Species Ophioplinthus accomodata (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophioplinthus anceps (Koehler, 1908)
Species Ophioplinthus banzarei (Madsen, 1967)
Species Ophioplinthus brevirima (Mortensen, 1936)
Species Ophioplinthus brucei (Koehler, 1908)
Species Ophioplinthus carinata (Studer, 1876)
Species Ophioplinthus clasta (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophioplinthus confragosa (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophioplinthus divisa (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
Species Ophioplinthus frigida (Koehler, 1901)
Species Ophioplinthus gelida (Koehler, 1901)
Species Ophioplinthus glypta (H.L. Clark, 1939)
Species Ophioplinthus granulifera (Bernasconi & D'Agostino, 1973)
Species Ophioplinthus grisea Lyman, 1878
Species Ophioplinthus inconveniens (Hertz, 1927)
Species Ophioplinthus inflata (Koehler, 1897)
Species Ophioplinthus inornata (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophioplinthus intorta (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophioplinthus madseni (Belyaev & Litvinova, 1972)
Species Ophioplinthus martensi (Studer, 1885)
Species Ophioplinthus medusa Lyman, 1878
Species Ophioplinthus mordax (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophioplinthus nexila (Kyte, 1987)
Species Ophioplinthus olstadi (Madsen, 1955)
Species Ophioplinthus partita (Koehler, 1908)
Species Ophioplinthus pseudotessellata Martynov & Litvinova, 2008
Species Ophioplinthus relegata (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophioplinthus scissa (Koehler, 1908)
Species Ophioplinthus scutata (Lyman, 1883)
Species Ophioplinthus tessellata (Verrill, 1894)
Species Ophioplinthus tuberosa (Mortensen, 1936)
Species Ophioplinthus tumescens (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophioplinthus turgida (Mortensen, 1936)
Species Ophioplinthus wallini (Mortensen, 1925)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172623
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
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
2007-10-03 10:45:15Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
2008-03-03 09:56:51Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172623 on 2013-05-22
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