Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881)
125146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125146)
accepted
Species
Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiobyrsella hystricis (Lyman, 1883) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
Type locality contained in Trondheims Fjord
type locality contained in Trondheims Fjord [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125146 on 2026-07-19
original description
(of Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883) Lyman, T. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 10(6), 227-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4211367 [details]
original description (of Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 88 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
original description (of Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 88 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophiobyrsella hystricis (Lyman, 1883))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-3915) (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiobyrsella hystricis (Lyman, 1883))
To PESI (from synonym Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-3915) (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophiobyrsella hystricis (Lyman, 1883))
To PESI (from synonym Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883)