African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Ophiotominae Paterson, 1985

WoRMS name details

Ophiotominae Paterson, 1985

AphiaID

242215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242215)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (removed by Martynov (2010))

Accepted name

Ophiotomidae Paterson, 1985

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Ophiotoma Lyman, 1883 (type by original designation)

Parent

Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867

Environment

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

Original description

Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273511 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiotominae Paterson, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242215 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-12 08:44:07Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2013-02-15 09:53:03Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-14 11:46:55Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-21 15:03:48Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273511 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Martynov, A. (2010). Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2697: 1-154. [details]