WoRMS name details

Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905)

214454  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214454)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Amphilepidida (Order)
  10. Gnathophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiactoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Ophiotrichidae (Family)
  13. Placophiothrix (Genus)
  14. Placophiothrix proteus (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiothrix proteus Koehler, 1905) Koehler, R. (1905). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 45b, 1-140., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12109322 [details] 
Description Description: colour brownish, with a light line along the aboral side of the arm. Habitat: Cymodocea beds (Balinsky, 1957).  
Description Description: colour brownish, with a light line along the aboral side of the arm. Habitat: Cymodocea beds (Balinsky, 1957). [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Placophiothrix proteus (Koehler, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214454 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
2000-09-04 09:28:53Z
created
Garcia, Maria
2000-09-27 07:27:35Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophiothrix proteus Koehler, 1905) Koehler, R. (1905). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 45b, 1-140., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12109322 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Description: colour brownish, with a light line along the aboral side of the arm. Habitat: Cymodocea beds (Balinsky, 1957). [details]

synonymy Implied in the synonymy of the genus Placophiothrix with Ophiothrix [details]

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