Deep-Sea taxon details
Ophioplinthus inflata (Koehler, 1897)
322570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:322570)
accepted
Species
Homalophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Koehler, R. (1897). Echinodermes recueillis par “l'Investigator” dans l'Ocean Indien. I. Les Ophiures de mer profonde. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, series 8.</em> 4, 277-372, pl. 5-9., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35663130 [details]
Status Resembles the genus Ophiuroglypha acc. to O'Hara & Thuy (2025). They transfer it to Amphiophiura in the abstract, but not...
Status Resembles the genus Ophiuroglypha acc. to O'Hara & Thuy (2025). They transfer it to Amphiophiura in the abstract, but not in the main text. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioplinthus inflata (Koehler, 1897). 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=322570 on 2025-12-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophioplinthus inflata (Koehler, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=322570 on 2025-12-20
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(of ) Koehler, R. (1897). Echinodermes recueillis par “l'Investigator” dans l'Ocean Indien. I. Les Ophiures de mer profonde. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, series 8.</em> 4, 277-372, pl. 5-9., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35663130 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1
page(s): 29 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1
page(s): 29 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Resembles the genus Ophiuroglypha acc. to O'Hara & Thuy (2025). They transfer it to Amphiophiura in the abstract, but not in the main text. [details]
