Deep-Sea name details
Ophiomusium serratum Lyman, 1878
243840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243840)
unaccepted
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]
Taxonomy Baker (2016) suggested that O. serratum should be transferred to Ophiosphalma but without examination of the type and...
Taxonomy Baker (2016) suggested that O. serratum should be transferred to Ophiosphalma but without examination of the type and without comments. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusium serratum 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=243840 on 2026-07-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiomusium serratum Lyman, 1878. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243840 on 2026-07-28
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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]
taxonomy source Baker, A. N. (2016). An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera <em>Ophiomusium</em> Lyman and <em>Ophiosphalma</em> H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4097(1): 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1
page(s): 38 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [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 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]
taxonomy source Baker, A. N. (2016). An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera <em>Ophiomusium</em> Lyman and <em>Ophiosphalma</em> H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4097(1): 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1
page(s): 38 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [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 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
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Baker (2016) suggested that O. serratum should be transferred to Ophiosphalma but without examination of the type and without comments. [details]
