Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Ophiolebella biscutifera (G.A. Smith, 1923)

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RAS taxon details

Ophiolebella biscutifera (G.A. Smith, 1923)

AphiaID

173748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173748)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiolebella Mortensen, 1936

Original name

Ophiolebes biscutifer G.A. Smith, 1923

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Smith, G. A. (1923). Report on the echinoderms collected during the voyage of the “Quest”. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(12), 367-376, 3 figs. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolebella biscutifera (G.A. Smith, 1923). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173748 on 2026-09-26

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Ophiolebella biscutifera (G.A. Smith, 1923). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173748 on 2026-09-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-13 10:16:18Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-18 12:17:12Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description (of ) Smith, G. A. (1923). Report on the echinoderms collected during the voyage of the “Quest”. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(12), 367-376, 3 figs. [details]

basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiolebella biscutifera (1) E44751)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiolebella biscutifera E44751)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (49 records)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiolebella biscutifera (1) E44751)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Ophiolebella biscutifera E44751)

Hosted externally