Deep-Sea taxon details
Ophiosphalma serratum (Lyman, 1878)
246075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246075)
accepted
Species
Ophiomusa serrata (Lyman, 1878) · unaccepted (created in error when Ophiomusium...)
created in error when Ophiomusium was synonymized with Ophiomusa
Ophiomusium serratum Lyman, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiomusium serratum Lyman, 1878) 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. Ophiosphalma 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=246075 on 2026-08-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiosphalma serratum (Lyman, 1878). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246075 on 2026-08-09
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(of Ophiomusium serratum Lyman, 1878) 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]
basis of record Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7907416 [details]
status 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]
basis of record Koehler, R. (1914). A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 84: 1-173, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7907416 [details]
status 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
