World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ophidiaster dubiosus Fisher, 1919

Deep-Sea name details

Ophidiaster dubiosus Fisher, 1919

AphiaID

378718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378718)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Tamaria dubiosa (Koehler, 1910)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Original name

Ophidiaster dubiosus Fisher, 1919

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7666959 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Ophidiaster dubiosus Fisher, 1919. 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=378718 on 2026-10-18

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophidiaster dubiosus Fisher, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378718 on 2026-10-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-25 15:21:38Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7666959 [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

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)