MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ophiothamnus Lyman, 1869

WoRMS taxon details

Ophiothamnus Lyman, 1869

AphiaID

123605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123605)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ophiothamnus vicarius Lyman, 1869

Typetaxon of

Ophiothamnidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018

Parent

Ophiothamnidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018

Synonymised names

Ophioleda Koehler, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (16)

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Species Ophiothamnus affinis Ljungman, 1872
Species Ophiothamnus biocal O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006
Species Ophiothamnus chariis H.L. Clark, 1915
Species Ophiothamnus dupla Tommasi, 1976
Species Ophiothamnus habrotatus (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiothamnus longibrachius H.L. Clark, 1939
Species Ophiothamnus otho A.H. Clark, 1949
Species Ophiothamnus remotus Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiothamnus venustus Matsumoto, 1915
Species Ophiothamnus vicarius Lyman, 1869
Species Ophiothamnus gracilis Studer, 1882 accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 (synonym acc. to O'Hara & Stöhr (2006))
Species Ophiothamnus habrotata Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiothamnus habrotatus (H.L. Clark, 1911) (misspelling)
Species Ophiothamnus laevis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiurothamnus laevis (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
Species Ophiothamnus minima (Koehler, 1906) accepted as Ophiothamnus affinis Ljungman, 1872 (synonym)
Species Ophiothamnus minimus (Koehler, 1906) accepted as Ophiothamnus affinis Ljungman, 1872 (synonym)
Species Ophiothamnus stultus Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiurothamnus clausa (Lyman, 1878)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lyman, T. (1869). Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and Florida Reef. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 309-354., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587804 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiothamnus Lyman, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123605 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-29 08:18:57Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2013-02-15 09:53:03Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2018-01-11 15:21:51Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-22 14:58:20Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description Lyman, T. (1869). Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and Florida Reef. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 309-354., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587804 [details]

original description (of Ophioleda Koehler, 1906) Koehler, R. (1906). Description des Ophiures nouvelles recueilles par le Travailleur et Talisman pendant les campagnes de 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Memoires de la Societe zoologique de France. 19: 5-35. [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Paterson, G.L.J. (1985). The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273511 [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark Subfamily Ophioplintacinae in Paterson (1985). [details]

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