Ophiuroidea taxon details
Macrophiothrix capillaris (Lyman, 1879)
243291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243291)
accepted
Species
Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Macrophiothrix capillaris (Lyman, 1879). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243291 on 2026-05-04
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(of Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879) MCZ OPH-2276 [details]
Syntype (of Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879) MCZ OPH-2536 [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2276) (from synonym Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2536) (from synonym Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (16 records) (from synonym Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2276) (from synonym Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2536) (from synonym Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (16 records) (from synonym Ophiothrix capillaris Lyman, 1879)