MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927

AphiaID

242417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242417)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ophiomusium lymani Wyville-Thomson, 1873 accepted as Ophiomusa lymani (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (type by original designation)

Typetaxon of

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

Parent

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

Direct children (21)

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Species Ophiomusa alta (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiomusa australe (H.L. Clark, 1928)
Species Ophiomusa canaliculata (H.L. Clark, 1917)
Species Ophiomusa faceta (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophiomusa facunda (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophiomusa granosa (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiomusa leptobrachia (H.L. Clark, 1941)
Species Ophiomusa ligata (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophiomusa luetkeni (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiomusa lunare (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiomusa lymani (Wyville Thomson, 1873)
Species Ophiomusa oligoplaca (H. L. Clark, 1915)
Species Ophiomusa relicta (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiomusa rosacea (A.H. Clark, 1936)
Species Ophiomusa scalare (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiomusa testudo (Lyman, 1875)
Species Ophiomusa tripassalota (H.L. Clark, 1917)
Species Ophiomusa trychna (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiomusa valida (Ljungman, 1872)
Species Ophiomusa zela (A.H. Clark, 1949)
Species Ophiomusa serrata (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiosphalma serratum (Lyman, 1878) (created in error when Ophiomusium was synonymized with Ophiomusa)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Hertz, M. (1927). Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. I. Chilophiurida Matsumoto (Ophiolepididae, Ophioleucidae, Ophiodermatidae, Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899. 22(3):59-122. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242417 on 2024-05-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242417 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-10-14 11:34:03Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-21 15:03:48Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-04-03 09:16:32Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Hertz, M. (1927). Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. I. Chilophiurida Matsumoto (Ophiolepididae, Ophioleucidae, Ophiodermatidae, Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899. 22(3):59-122. [details]

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

status source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]

From editor or global species database

Identification Includes all species formerly in Ophiomusium that have few disc scales, very short genital slits and lateral arm plates with spurs. [details]

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