Ophiuroidea name details

Placophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868)

1634354  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1634354)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiactoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiotrichidae (Family)
  13. Placophiothrix (Genus)
  14. Placophiothrix melanosticta (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiothrix melanosticta Grube, 1868) Grube, A. E. (1868). Über einige seltenere oder neue Ophiuriden. <em>Jahresberichte der schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur.</em> 45, 44-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46568001 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Placophiothrix melanosticta (Grube, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1634354 on 2026-05-09
Date
action
by
2023-02-02 08:55:47Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Ophiothrix melanosticta Grube, 1868) Grube, A. E. (1868). Über einige seltenere oder neue Ophiuriden. <em>Jahresberichte der schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur.</em> 45, 44-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46568001 [details] 

basis of record Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 311 [details] 

Website and databases developed and hosted by Flanders Marine Institute · Page generated on 2026-06-09 20:59:15+02:00  · Contact: Sabine Stöhr