World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ophiernus alepidotus Madsen, 1977

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ophiernus alepidotus Madsen, 1977

AphiaID

243500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243500)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiernus Lyman, 1878

Original name

Ophiernus alepidotus Madsen, 1977

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Madsen, F. J. (1977). The Ophioleucidae. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 14: 109-122. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiernus alepidotus Madsen, 1977. 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=243500 on 2026-07-06

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiernus alepidotus Madsen, 1977. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243500 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-11-11 12:57:53Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Madsen, F. J. (1977). The Ophioleucidae. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 14: 109-122. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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