WoRMS name details

Ophiopsammus maculata (Verrill, 1869)

244004  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244004)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiacanthida (Order)
  10. Ophiodermatina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiodermatoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiodermatidae (Family)
  13. Ophiopsammus (Genus)
  14. Ophiopsammus maculata (Species)
 unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiarachna maculata Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up
page(s): 388-390 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopsammus maculata (Verrill, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244004 on 2025-03-31
Date
action
by
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine
2008-03-04 09:40:24Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2019-07-05 09:04:30Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2025-01-17 10:34:29Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophiarachna maculata Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up
page(s): 388-390 [details] 

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Littauer, R. (2025). Corrections for grammatical agreement in Ophiodermatidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5569(2): 400-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.11
note: Grammatical gender change [details] 

Other

additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiopsammus maculata) 
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) (from synonym Pectinura maculata (Verrill, 1869))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) 

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