Ophiuroidea name details

Ophiostegastus Murakami, 1944

AphiaID

242396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242396)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Ophiodyscrita H.L. Clark, 1938

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ophiostegastus instratus Murakami, 1944 accepted as Ophiodyscrita instratus (Murakami, 1944)

Parent

Ophiodermatidae Ljungman, 1867

Direct children (3)

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Species Ophiostegastus compsus A.M. Clark, 1968 accepted as Ophiodyscrita acosmeta H.L. Clark, 1938 (synonym)
Species Ophiostegastus instratus Murakami, 1944 accepted as Ophiodyscrita instratus (Murakami, 1944) (synonym)
Species Ophiostegastus novaecaledoniae Guille & Vadon, 1985 accepted as Ophiodyscrita instratus (Murakami, 1944) (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Murakami, S. (1944). Report on the ophiurans from Ogasawara Islands and from off the Yeayama group, Nippon. <em>Journal Department Agriculture Kyushu imperial University.</em> 7(7-8), 235-257., available online at https://doi.org/10.5109/22600 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiostegastus Murakami, 1944. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242396 on 2026-06-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-24 08:38:00Z

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Sources (2)

original description Murakami, S. (1944). Report on the ophiurans from Ogasawara Islands and from off the Yeayama group, Nippon. <em>Journal Department Agriculture Kyushu imperial University.</em> 7(7-8), 235-257., available online at https://doi.org/10.5109/22600 [details]

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

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