Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophioplinthus inflata (Koehler, 1897)
322570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:322570)
accepted
Species
Homalophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophioglypha inflata Koehler, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioglypha inflata Koehler, 1897) 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]
Status Resembles the genus Ophiuroglypha acc. to O'Hara & Thuy (2025). They transfer it to Amphiophiura in the abstract, but not...
Status Resembles the genus Ophiuroglypha acc. to O'Hara & Thuy (2025). They transfer it to Amphiophiura in the abstract, but not in the main text. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioplinthus inflata (Koehler, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=322570 on 2026-01-21
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(of Ophioglypha inflata Koehler, 1897) 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]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1
page(s): 29 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111 [details]
taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1
page(s): 29 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Resembles the genus Ophiuroglypha acc. to O'Hara & Thuy (2025). They transfer it to Amphiophiura in the abstract, but not in the main text. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Homalophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Homalophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Homalophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Homalophiura inflata (Koehler, 1897))