WoRMS taxon details
Stegophiura Matsumoto, 1915
123576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123576)
accepted
Genus
- Species Stegophiura brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1911)
- Species Stegophiura carinata Djakonov, 1954
- Species Stegophiura elevata (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Stegophiura hainanensis Liao in Liao & Clark, 1995
- Species Stegophiura lapidaria (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Stegophiura macrarthra H.L. Clark, 1915
- Species Stegophiura nodosa (Lütken, 1855)
- Species Stegophiura ponderosa (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Stegophiura rhabdotoplax Murakami, 1942
- Species Stegophiura singletoni McKnight, 1975
- Species Stegophiura sladeni (Duncan, 1879)
- Species Stegophiura sterea (H.L. Clark, 1908)
- Species Stegophiura sterilis Koehler, 1922
- Species Stegophiura striata (Duncan, 1879)
- Species Stegophiura stuwitzii (Lütken, 1857)
- Species Stegophiura waltersi O'Hara & Thuy, 2025
- Species Stegophiura wilhelmi Manso, 2010
- Species Stegophiura brachiactis (H.L. Clark, 1911) accepted as Stegophiura brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1911) (lapsus calami)
- Species Stegophiura confecta Koehler, 1930 accepted as Amphiophiura confecta (Koehler, 1930) (transferred by Stöhr (2011))
- Species Stegophiura liodisca Murakami, 1942 accepted as Stegophiura sterea (H.L. Clark, 1908) (synonym acc. to Irimura (1982))
- Species Stegophiura sculpta (Duncan, 1879) accepted as Amphiophiura sculpta (Duncan, 1879)
- Species Stegophiura solida (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Amphiophiura solida (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiopyrgus solida (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Stegophiura vivipara Matsumoto, 1915 accepted as Amphiophiura vivipara (Matsumoto, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Matsumoto, H. (1915). A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 68: 43-92., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1708443 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Stegophiura Matsumoto, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123576 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Matsumoto, H. (1915). A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 68: 43-92., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1708443 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stegophiura)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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