WoRMS taxon details
Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907
210712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210712)
accepted
Species
- Variety Opheodesoma spectabilis var. puerto-galerae Domantay, 1933 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opheodesoma unidentified)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fisher, W. K. (1907). The Holothurians of the Hawaiian Islands. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst, U. S. Nation. Mus., Proc. 32: (637-744). [details] 
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Hawaii.
Type specie of the genus Opheodesoma...
Type specie of the genus Opheodesoma Fisher, 1907 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type specie of the genus Opheodesoma...
Unreviewed
Type locality Hawaii. Type specie of the genus Opheodesoma Fisher, 1907 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Description Colour in life: deep brown above becoming greyish below, in contracted state becomes red-brown (Humphreys, 1981).
Also...
Also...
Description Colour in life: deep brown above becoming greyish below, in contracted state becomes red-brown (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210712 on 2025-04-10
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2000-09-22 07:17:05Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Fisher, W. K. (1907). The Holothurians of the Hawaiian Islands. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst, U. S. Nation. Mus., Proc. 32: (637-744). [details] 
basis of record Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) Zoologische Documentatie 19. 39 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) Zoologische Documentatie 19. 39 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]





Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: deep brown above becoming greyish below, in contracted state becomes red-brown (Humphreys, 1981).Also distributed in Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Type locality Hawaii.
Type specie of the genus Opheodesoma Fisher, 1907 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]