Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Euryophiurida > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiomusina > Family Ophiomusaidae

Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ophiomusa africana (Koehler, 1909)
Ophiomusa lymani (Wyville Thomson, 1873)

Literature

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.

basis of record

Stöhr Sabine

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).

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Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242417

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242417

Last modified

2018-04-03 by Sabine Stöhr

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