Deep-Sea name details
Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878
124984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124984)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124984 on 2026-01-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124984 on 2026-01-16
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Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [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 IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111
page(s): 91; note: Considered it a synonym of O. anomala [details]
new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2022). Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5124(1): 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1
page(s): 17; note: Considered it a valid species [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 IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111
page(s): 91; note: Considered it a synonym of O. anomala [details]
new combination reference O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2022). Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5124(1): 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1
page(s): 17; note: Considered it a valid species [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ OPH-1942 [details]
