African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) capensis (Bell, 1905)

AfReMaS name details

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) capensis (Bell, 1905)

AphiaID

467731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467731)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark (1923))

Accepted name

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) costata costata (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha costata (Lyman, 1878)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) Hertz, 1927 accepted as Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927

Original name

Ophiozona capensis Bell, 1905

Environment

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

Original description

(of Ophiozona capensis Bell, 1905) Bell, F. J. (1905). Echinoderma. III. Ophiuroidea. Marine Invest. S. Africa. 3, 255-260. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) capensis (Bell, 1905). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467731 on 2026-10-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) capensis (Bell, 1905). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467731 on 2026-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-04-16 07:19:06Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2011-07-06 07:33:22Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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Sources (2)

original description (of Ophiozona capensis Bell, 1905) Bell, F. J. (1905). Echinoderma. III. Ophiuroidea. Marine Invest. S. Africa. 3, 255-260. [details]

source of synonymy Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 357 [details]