WoRMS taxon details
Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927
242417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242417)
accepted
Genus
Ophiomusium lymani Wyville-Thomson, 1873 accepted as Ophiomusa lymani (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (type by original designation)
- Species Ophiomusa acufera (Lyman, 1875)
- Species Ophiomusa africana (Koehler, 1909)
- Species Ophiomusa alecto (A.H. Clark, 1936)
- Species Ophiomusa alta (Koehler, 1904)
- Species Ophiomusa anaelisae (Tommasi & Abreu, 1974)
- Species Ophiomusa anisacantha (H.L. Clark, 1928)
- Species Ophiomusa aspera (Koehler, 1930)
- Species Ophiomusa australe (H.L. Clark, 1928)
- Species Ophiomusa binghami (Boone, 1928)
- Species Ophiomusa biporica (Castillo-Alárcon, 1968)
- Species Ophiomusa breve (H.L. Clark, 1939)
- Species Ophiomusa canaliculata (H.L. Clark, 1917)
- Species Ophiomusa constricta (Mortensen, 1936)
- Species Ophiomusa faceta (Koehler, 1922)
- Species Ophiomusa facunda (Koehler, 1922)
- Species Ophiomusa fallax (Koehler, 1904)
- Species Ophiomusa granosa (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Ophiomusa incerta (Koehler, 1930)
- Species Ophiomusa kimblae (Baker, 1979)
- Species Ophiomusa leptobrachia (H.L. Clark, 1941)
- Species Ophiomusa ligata (Koehler, 1922)
- Species Ophiomusa longispina (Koehler, 1930)
- Species Ophiomusa luetkeni (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Ophiomusa lunare (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Ophiomusa lymani (Wyville Thomson, 1873)
- Species Ophiomusa micropora (H.L. Clark, 1941)
- Species Ophiomusa miranda (Koehler, 1930)
- Species Ophiomusa moniliforme (H.L. Clark, 1941)
- Species Ophiomusa morio (Koehler, 1922)
- Species Ophiomusa muta (Hertz, 1927)
- Species Ophiomusa oligoplaca (H. L. Clark, 1915)
- Species Ophiomusa relicta (Koehler, 1904)
- Species Ophiomusa rosacea (A.H. Clark, 1936)
- Species Ophiomusa rugosa (Koehler, 1914)
- Species Ophiomusa scalare (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Ophiomusa simplex (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Ophiomusa stellata (Verrill, 1899)
- Species Ophiomusa testudo (Lyman, 1875)
- Species Ophiomusa tripassalota (H.L. Clark, 1917)
- Species Ophiomusa trychna (H.L. Clark, 1911)
- Species Ophiomusa ultima Hertz, 1927
- Species Ophiomusa valdiviae (Hertz, 1927)
- Species Ophiomusa valida (Ljungman, 1872)
- Species Ophiomusa zela (A.H. Clark, 1949)
- Species Ophiomusa fimbriata (Koehler, 1922) accepted as Ophiomusium fimbriatum Koehler, 1922 accepted as Ophiosphalma fimbriatum (Koehler, 1922) accepted as Ophiosphalma glabrum (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
- Species Ophiomusa serrata (Lyman, 1878) accepted as Ophiosphalma serratum (Lyman, 1878) (created in error when Ophiomusium was synonymized with Ophiomusa)
- Species Ophiomusa variabile (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) accepted as Ophiomusium variabile Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiosphalma variabile (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Hertz, M. (1927). Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. I. Chilophiurida Matsumoto (Ophiolepididae, Ophioleucidae, Ophiodermatidae, Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899. 22(3):59-122. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusa Hertz, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242417 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Hertz, M. (1927). Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. I. Chilophiurida Matsumoto (Ophiolepididae, Ophioleucidae, Ophiodermatidae, Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899. 22(3):59-122. [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Identification Includes all species formerly in Ophiomusium that have few disc scales, very short genital slits and lateral arm plates with spurs. [details]
