Ophiuroidea name details

Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855

245462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:245462)

  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. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiactoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiotrichidae (Family)
  13. Ophiothrix (Genus)
  14. Ophiothrix spongicola (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855)
Species
Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some of the new marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 375–384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299600 [details] OpenAccess publication
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=245462 on 2026-07-14
Date
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2007-08-27 13:50:37Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-29 08:18:57Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2023-02-02 08:55:47Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some of the new marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 375–384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299600 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) 

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