Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Chilophiurina > Family Ophiuridae > Subfamily Ophiurinae > Genus Ophioplinthus

Ophioplinthus tessellata (Verrill, 1894)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OphioplinthusLyman, 1878accepted genus name
Homalophiura H.L. Clark, 1915 synonym
Homophiura Paterson, 1985 synonym
Ophiurolepis Matsumoto, 1915 synonym

Species group names

Homalophiura tessellata (Verrill, 1894) synonym
Homophiura tessellata (Verrill, 1894) synonym
Ophioglypha tessellata Verrill, 1894 synonym

Literature

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

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophioplinthus tessellata (Verrill, 1894). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:322556

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-03-03 by Sabine Stöhr

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