WoRMS taxon details
Ophiolepis elegans Lütken, 1859
243691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243691)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1859). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 5, 177-271, 5 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13591530 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolepis elegans Lütken, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243691 on 2025-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1859). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 5, 177-271, 5 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13591530 [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiolepis elegans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiolepis elegans Lutken, 1859 (USNM E40940) aboral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (388 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiolepis elegans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiolepis elegans Lutken, 1859 (USNM E40940) aboral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (388 records)
To ITIS
