Deep-Sea taxon details
Ophiactis brachygenys H.L. Clark, 1911
243436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243436)
accepted
Species
Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922 · unaccepted (synonymized by Liao (2004))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 75: 1-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7866026 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiactis brachygenys H.L. Clark, 1911. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243436 on 2026-09-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiactis brachygenys H.L. Clark, 1911. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243436 on 2026-09-13
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original description
Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 75: 1-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7866026 [details]
original description (of Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922) Koehler, R. (1922). Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 100(5): 1-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23927321 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922) Koehler, R. (1922). Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 100(5): 1-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23927321 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype MCZ OPH-3131 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アゴミジカクモヒトデ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiactis brachygenys)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiactis definita) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-3131)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 25602)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiactis brachygenys)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiactis definita) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-3131)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records) (from synonym Ophiactis definita Koehler, 1922)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 25602)
