Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Euryophiurida > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Family Ophiopyrgidae > Genus Ophioplinthus > Species Ophioplinthus abyssorum

Ophioplinthus abyssorum africana (Madsen, 1947)

Rank: Subspecies
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

Subspecies group names

Homalophiura abyssorum var. africana Madsen, 1947 synonym
Homophiura abyssorum africana (Madsen, 1947) synonym
Homophiura abyssorum var. africana (Madsen, 1947) synonym

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Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioplinthus abyssorum africana (Madsen, 1947). 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:584306

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:584306

Last modified

2022-04-04 by Sabine Stöhr

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