ERMS taxon details
Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872
124973 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124973)
accepted
Species
Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124973 on 2025-05-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124973 on 2025-05-10
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original description
Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212 [details]
original description (of Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879) Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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 RoR) [details]
additional source BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
original description (of Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879) Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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 RoR) [details]
additional source BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha abyssicola)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1903)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (66 records) (from synonym Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha abyssicola)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1903)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (66 records) (from synonym Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879)
To ITIS
