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Ophiura Lamarck, 1801

123574  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123574)

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Ophioglypha Lyman, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Ophiura (Dictenophiura) H.L. Clark, 1923
    1. Species Ophiura (Dictenophiura) carnea Lütken, 1858
  2. Subgenus Ophiura (Ophiura) Lamarck, 1801
    1. Species Ophiura (Ophiura) mundata (Koehler, 1906)
    2. Species Ophiura (Ophiura) nana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
    3. Species Ophiura (Ophiura) scutellata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
    4. Species Ophiura (Ophiura) spinicantha McKnight, 2003
    5. Species Ophiura (Ophiura) scomba Paterson, 1985 accepted as Ophiuroglypha scomba (Paterson, 1985) (transferred by Stöhr & O'Hara (2021))
  3. Species Ophiura acervata (Lyman, 1869)
  4. Species Ophiura aequalis (Lyman, 1878)
  5. Species Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839
  6. Species Ophiura atacta H.L. Clark, 1911
  7. Species Ophiura bathybia H.L. Clark, 1911
  8. Species Ophiura calyptolepis H.L. Clark, 1911
  9. Species Ophiura cryptolepis H.L. Clark, 1911
  10. Species Ophiura falcifera (Lyman, 1869)
  11. Species Ophiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878)
  12. Species Ophiura flexibilis (Koehler, 1911)
  13. Species Ophiura fluctuans Koehler, 1922
  14. Species Ophiura gagara Djakonov, 1949
  15. Species Ophiura imbecillis (Lyman, 1878)
  16. Species Ophiura lenticularis (Koehler, 1907)
  17. Species Ophiura leptoctenia H.L. Clark, 1911
  18. Species Ophiura lienosa (Lyman, 1878)
  19. Species Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878)
  20. Species Ophiura luetkenii (Lyman, 1860)
  21. Species Ophiura micracantha H.L. Clark, 1911
  22. Species Ophiura mimaria (Koehler, 1907)
  23. Species Ophiura monostoecha H.L. Clark, 1911
  24. Species Ophiura nitida Mortensen, 1933
  25. Species Ophiura ooplax (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  26. Species Ophiura quadrispina H.L. Clark, 1911
  27. Species Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852)
  28. Species Ophiura rouchi (Koehler, 1912)
  29. Species Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855
  30. Species Ophiura saurura (Verrill, 1894)
  31. Species Ophiura stenobrachia H.L. Clark, 1917
  32. Species Ophiura tenera (Lyman, 1883)
  33. Species Ophiura violainae (Cherbonnier & Sibuet, 1972)
  34. Subgenus Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) Hertz, 1927 accepted as Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927 (restored to genus level by O'Hara et al. (2018) )
    1. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) ambigua (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha ambigua (Lyman, 1878)
    2. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) arntzi Manso, 2010 accepted as Ophiuroglypha arntzi (Manso, 2010) (raised to genus level by O'Hara et al. (2018) )
    3. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) carinifera (Koehler, 1901) accepted as Ophiuroglypha carinifera (Koehler, 1901) (raised to genus level by O'Hara et al. (2018) )
    4. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha irrorata (Lyman, 1878) represented as Ophiuroglypha irrorata irrorata (Lyman, 1878)
    5. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) jejuna (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha jejuna (Lyman, 1878) (raised to genus level by O'Hara et al. (2018) )
    6. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) lymani (Ljungman, 1871) accepted as Ophiuroglypha lymani (Ljungman, 1871) (restored to genus level by O'Hara et al. (2018) )
    7. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) schmidtotti (Hertz, 1927) accepted as Ophiuroglypha schmidtotti Hertz, 1927 (restored to genus level by O'Hara et al. (2018) )
    8. Species Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) verrucosa McKnight, 2003 accepted as Ophiuroglypha verrucosa (McKnight, 2003) (junior homonym of Ophiura verrucosa (Studer, 1876), but subgenus raised to genus by O'Hara et al. (2018))
  35. Species Ophiura ambigua (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha ambigua (Lyman, 1878)
  36. Species Ophiura aurantiaca (Verrill, 1882) accepted as Ophiopleura inermis (Lyman, 1878) (synonym)
  37. Species Ophiura brevispina Say, 1825 accepted as Ophioderma brevispinum (Say, 1825)
  38. Species Ophiura chathamensis Fell, 1952 accepted as Ophiura ooplax (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  39. Species Ophiura clasta H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophioplinthus clasta (H.L. Clark, 1911) (synonym)
  40. Species Ophiura clemens (Koehler, 1904) accepted as Ophiuroglypha clemens (Koehler, 1904) (transferred to Ophiuroglypha by Manso (2010))
  41. Species Ophiura concreta (Koehler, 1901) accepted as Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata concreta (Koehler, 1901) accepted as Ophiuroglypha irrorata concreta (Koehler, 1901) (Reduced to subspecies)
  42. Species Ophiura fisheri A.H. Clark, 1949 accepted as Amphiophiura fisheri (A.H. Clark, 1949)
  43. Species Ophiura hadra H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Amphiophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) (synonym)
  44. Species Ophiura inermis (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiopleura inermis (Lyman, 1878) (synonym)
  45. Species Ophiura jejuna (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha jejuna (Lyman, 1878)
  46. Species Ophiura lepida (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiura ljungmani (Lyman, 1878)
  47. Species Ophiura loveni (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata loveni (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha irrorata loveni (Lyman, 1878) (synonym acc. to Paterson (1985))
  48. Species Ophiura lymani (Ljungman, 1871) accepted as Ophiuroglypha lymani (Ljungman, 1871) (type species of Ophiuroglypha)
  49. Species Ophiura monaria A.H. Clark, 1949 accepted as Amphiophiura insolita (Koehler, 1904)
  50. Species Ophiura oligopora H.L. Clark, 1913 accepted as Amphiophiura oligopora (H.L. Clark, 1913) (synonym)
  51. Species Ophiura penichra H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Amphiophiura penichra (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  52. Species Ophiura plana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) accepted as Ophiuroglypha plana (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) (transferred by Stöhr & O'Hara (2021))
  53. Species Ophiura scomba Paterson, 1985 accepted as Ophiuroglypha scomba (Paterson, 1985) (transferred by O'Hara et al. (2018))
  54. Species Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882) accepted as Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872) (synonym)
  55. Species Ophiura carnea Lütken, 1858 represented as Ophiura (Dictenophiura) carnea Lütken, 1858
  56. Species Ophiura irrorata (Lyman, 1878) represented as Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) irrorata (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiuroglypha irrorata (Lyman, 1878) represented as Ophiuroglypha irrorata irrorata (Lyman, 1878)
  57. Species Ophiura mundata (Koehler, 1906) represented as Ophiura (Ophiura) mundata (Koehler, 1906)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiura Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123574 on 2024-03-29
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiura Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123574 on 2024-03-29
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2007-07-05 21:51:50Z
changed
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z
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2009-04-01 08:13:38Z
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2017-07-05 07:13:00Z
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2023-07-12 13:15:50Z
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original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Ophioglypha Lyman, 1860) Lyman, T. (1860). Descriptions of new Ophiuridae, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1859-61.</em> 7, 193-204., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/61524 [details]   

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [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]   

additional source Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. <em>Faune de Madagascar, 48.</em> Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

status source Melville, R. V. (1980). Opinion 1152. Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 37(2): 78-80. [details]   
 
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