Ophiuroidea taxon details

Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855)

406412  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406412)

  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. Macrophiothrix (Genus)
  14. Macrophiothrix spongicola (Species)
accepted
Species
Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola Stimpson, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination (invalid subgenus)
Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Placophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855) 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. Macrophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406412 on 2026-06-19
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2009-06-29 08:18:57Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2017-02-10 13:01:36Z
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Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855) 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
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) (from synonym Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855)

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