World Ophiuroidea Database

doi:10.48580/dgh3g-39k

World Ophiuroidea Database

Citation

Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T., & Thuy, B. (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database (version 2024-11-01). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-11-18). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgh3g-39k

Description

This first ever world database of extant ophiuroid species names is the result of long term accumulation of taxonomic information from the literature. It is the most recent and up-to-date census of the taxon available. Data are contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ).

Taxonomic Coverages

brittlestars

Geographic Coverages

Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sabine Stöhr
editor
email: sabine.stohr@nrm.se
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2586-7239

Tim O'Hara
editor
email: tohara@museum.vic.gov.au
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0885-6578

Ben Thuy
editor
email: nebyuht@yahoo.com

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE

administrative point of contact
Swedish Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology
SE

administrative point of contact
Museums Victoria
AU

administrative point of contact
University of Göttingen Geological Museum
AU

Sabine Stöhr
administrative point of contact
email: sabine.stohr@nrm.se