Deep-Sea taxon details
Ophiochiton ternispinus Lyman, 1883
183312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183312)
accepted
Species
Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 10(6), 227-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4211367 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiochiton ternispinus Lyman, 1883. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183312 on 2026-08-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiochiton ternispinus Lyman, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183312 on 2026-08-14
original description
Lyman, T. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 10(6), 227-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4211367 [details]
original description (of Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884) Verrill, A.E. (1884). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 10. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> (3)28(127), 378-384., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974979 [details]
original description (of Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884) Hoyle, M.A. 1884. Report on the Ophiuroidea of the Faröe Channel, mainly collected by H.M.S. "Triton" in August 1882, with some remarks on the distribution of the order. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh, 12, 707-730., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600001280 [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]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors
basis of record BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
original description (of Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884) Verrill, A.E. (1884). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 10. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> (3)28(127), 378-384., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974979 [details]
original description (of Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884) Hoyle, M.A. 1884. Report on the Ophiuroidea of the Faröe Channel, mainly collected by H.M.S. "Triton" in August 1882, with some remarks on the distribution of the order. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh, 12, 707-730., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600001280 [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]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors
basis of record BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiochiton ternispinus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) (from synonym Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiochiton ternispinus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) (from synonym Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884)
