Ophiuroidea taxon details

Amphiura (Ophionema) hexacantha Nielsen, 1932

382766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382766)

  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. Amphiuroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Amphiuridae (Family)
  13. Amphiura (Genus)
  14. Amphiura (Ophionema) (Subgenus)
  15. Amphiura (Ophionema) hexacantha (Species)
accepted
Species
Amphiura (Ophionema) Lütken, 1869
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphiura (Ophionema) hexacantha Nielsen, 1932. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382766 on 2026-08-05
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2009-02-19 08:22:18Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Ophionema hexacantha Nielsen, 1932) Nielsen, E. 1932. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916 - 59. - Ophiurans from the Gulf of Panama, California, and the Strait of Georgia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 91, 241-346. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Paratype (of Ophionema hexacantha Nielsen, 1932) MCZ OPH-5887 [details]
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To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5887) (from synonym Ophionema hexacantha Nielsen, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) (from synonym Ophionema hexacantha Nielsen, 1932)

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