Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiothrix (Theophrix) pusilla Lyman, 1874
244206 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244206)
accepted
Species
Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothrix (Theophrix) pusilla Lyman, 1874. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244206 on 2026-05-08
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Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [details]
original description (of Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874) Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [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
original description (of Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874) Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [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
Paratype (of Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874) MCZ OPH-4100 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2402) (from synonym Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4100) (from synonym Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-2402) (from synonym Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-4100) (from synonym Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874)