Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897
243395 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243395)
accepted
Species
- Variety Ophiacantha pentagona var. armata Koehler, 1898 accepted as Ophiacantha mesembria H.L. Clark, 1915 (synonymized by Koehler (1922))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243395 on 2026-01-11
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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]
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 Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [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 Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [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
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha pentagona)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2412996)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (31 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiacantha pentagona)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2412996)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (31 records)
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