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Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861)

125109  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125109)

accepted
Species
Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiactis corallicola Koehler, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiactis echinata Koehler, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861) Sars, M. (1861). Oversigt af Norges echinodermer. <em>Udgiven af Videnskabsselskabet i Christiania.</em> 160, XVI plates pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11662065 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125109 on 2026-06-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=125109 on 2026-06-02
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861) Sars, M. (1861). Oversigt af Norges echinodermer. <em>Udgiven af Videnskabsselskabet i Christiania.</em> 160, XVI plates pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11662065 [details] 

original description (of Ophiactis corallicola Koehler, 1895) Koehler, R. (1895). Dragages profonds executes a bord du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Rapport préliminaire sur le Échinodermes. <em>Revue biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 7: 439-496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10882462
page(s): 460 [details] 

original description (of Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up
page(s): 38 [details] 

original description (of Ophiactis echinata Koehler, 1898) Koehler, R. (1898). Echinoides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Nueve). <em>Résultats des Campagnes scientifiques par Prince Albert I, Monaco.</em> 12, 1-78, 9 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2146958 [details] 

original description (of Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] 

additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details] 

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To Barcode of Life (208 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophiactis corallicola Koehler, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ophiactis echinata Koehler, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiactis abyssicola) 
To GenBank (205 nucleotides; 197 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1161) (from synonym Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1188) (from synonym Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiactis echinata Koehler, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiactis corallicola Koehler, 1895)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) 
To ITIS
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