World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852)

AphiaID

124860 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124860)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiocten Lütken, 1855

Original name

Ophiura sericea Forbes, 1852

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Forbes, E. (1852). Notes on animals of the class Echinodermata collected by Dr. Sutherland in Assistance Bay. In Sutherland, P.C. Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits in the years 1850-1851 performed by KM. Ships 'Lady Franklin'and 'Sophia. II: appendix ccxiv-ccxvi., available online at https://archive.org/details/cihm_40908
page(s): 215 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait)

Distribution Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124860 on 2026-04-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124860 on 2026-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description (of ) Forbes, E. (1852). Notes on animals of the class Echinodermata collected by Dr. Sutherland in Assistance Bay. In Sutherland, P.C. Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits in the years 1850-1851 performed by KM. Ships 'Lady Franklin'and 'Sophia. II: appendix ccxiv-ccxvi., available online at https://archive.org/details/cihm_40908
page(s): 215 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors

basis of record 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]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]