Deep-Sea taxon details
Ophiura (Ophiura) Lamarck, 1801
- Species Ophiura (Ophiura) mundata (Koehler, 1906)
- Species Ophiura (Ophiura) nana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
- Species Ophiura (Ophiura) scutellata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
- Species Ophiura (Ophiura) spinicantha McKnight, 2003
- Species Ophiura (Ophiura) scomba Paterson, 1985 accepted as Ophiuroglypha scomba (Paterson, 1985) (transferred by Stöhr & O'Hara (2021))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
note: Ophiura on subgeneric level is attributed to the same author as on genus level. [details]
note: Ophiura on subgeneric level is attributed to the same author as on genus level. [details]
Nomenclature Erroneously attributed to Lamarck, 1816 by McKnight (2003), p.23.
Nomenclature Erroneously attributed to Lamarck, 1816 by McKnight (2003), p.23. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiura (Ophiura) Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242148 on 2026-06-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiura (Ophiura) Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242148 on 2026-06-14
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Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
note: Ophiura on subgeneric level is attributed to the same author as on genus level. [details]
note: Ophiura on subgeneric level is attributed to the same author as on genus level. [details]
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Nomenclature Erroneously attributed to Lamarck, 1816 by McKnight (2003), p.23. [details]
