WoRMS name details
Homophiura abyssorum (Lyman, 1883)
124846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124846)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Homophiura Paterson, 1985 accepted as Ophioplinthus Lyman, 1878
- Subspecies Homophiura abyssorum africana (Madsen, 1947) accepted as Ophioplinthus abyssorum africana (Madsen, 1947) (genus synonymized by Martynov (2010))
- Variety Homophiura abyssorum var. africana (Madsen, 1947) accepted as Homophiura abyssorum africana (Madsen, 1947) accepted as Ophioplinthus abyssorum africana (Madsen, 1947)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioglypha abyssorum Lyman, 1883) Lyman, T. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 10(6), 227-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4211367 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Homophiura abyssorum (Lyman, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124846 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophioglypha abyssorum Lyman, 1883) Lyman, T. (1883). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 10(6), 227-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4211367 [details]
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]
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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 [details]
Other
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]. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
[request]additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
