Ophiuroidea name details
Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936
173235 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173235)
unaccepted (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mortensen, T. (1936). Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 12: 199-348, pls. 1-9. (iii-1936)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606952
page(s): 248 [details]
page(s): 248 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173235 on 2026-08-10
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original description
Mortensen, T. (1936). Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 12: 199-348, pls. 1-9. (iii-1936)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606952
page(s): 248 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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): 17 [details]
page(s): 248 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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): 17 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (434 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha pentactis)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936 USNM 43810 dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936 USNM 43810 ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (61 records)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha pentactis)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936 USNM 43810 dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936 USNM 43810 ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (61 records)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
