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

Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Homalophiura H.L. Clark, 1915 synonym
Homophiura Paterson, 1985 synonym
Ophiurolepis Matsumoto, 1915 synonym

Children

Ophioplinthus abyssorum (Lyman, 1883)
Ophioplinthus inornata (Lyman, 1878)
Ophioplinthus madseni (Belyaev & Litvinova, 1972)
Ophioplinthus tessellata (Verrill, 1894)

Literature

basis of record

Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review 41: 47-114

additional source

Nomenclator Zoologicus

status source

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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External Links

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Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878. 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:172623

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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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