Ophiuroidea name details

Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933

213417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213417)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Ophionereidina (Suborder)
  11. Ophionereidoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophionereididae (Family)
  13. Ophionereis (Genus)
  14. Ophionereis vivipara (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Ophionereis (Ophiotriton) vivipara Mortensen, 1933
Species
Ophionereis Lütken, 1859
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mortensen, T. (1933). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 93, 171-195. [details] 
Type locality contained in Canonniers Point  
type locality contained in Canonniers Point [details]
, Note Cannoniers point, Mauritius.
In family...  
Unreviewed
Type locality Cannoniers point, Mauritius.
In family 'Ophiochitonidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
Description Description: characteristic brown spot on the disc and similar bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical...  
Description Description: characteristic brown spot on the disc and similar bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophionereis vivipara Mortensen, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213417 on 2026-09-28
Date
action
by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2025-11-14 12:00:04Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description Mortensen, T. (1933). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 93, 171-195. [details] 

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] 

new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1
page(s): 78 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype MCZ OPH-5904 [details]
Unreviewed
Description Description: characteristic brown spot on the disc and similar bands across the arms (Balinsky, 1957).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]

Type locality Cannoniers point, Mauritius.
In family 'Ophiochitonidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5904) 

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