MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ophiochiton Lyman, 1878

WoRMS taxon details

Ophiochiton Lyman, 1878

AphiaID

123552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123552)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878

Typetaxon of

Ophiochitonidae Matsumoto, 1915

Parent

Ophionereididae Ljungman, 1867

Direct children (19)

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Species Ophiochiton agassizii (Verrill, 1899)
Species Ophiochiton ambulator Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiochiton bispinosus Koehler, 1904
Species Ophiochiton commixtus Koehler, 1904
Species Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiochiton inaequalis Koehler, 1904
Species Ophiochiton lentus Lyman, 1879
Species Ophiochiton megalaspis H.L. Clark, 1939
Species Ophiochiton nereis (Lyman, 1883)
Species Ophiochiton ternispinus Lyman, 1883
Species Ophiochiton triphylax (Baker, 1977)
Species Ophiochiton australis H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Ophionereis australis (H.L. Clark, 1923)
Species Ophiochiton carinatus Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878 (synonym acc. to Matsumoto (1917))
Species Ophiochiton grandis Verrill, 1884 accepted as Ophiochiton ternispinus Lyman, 1883 (synonym)
Species Ophiochiton lymani Studer, 1882 accepted as Ophiocten lymani (Studer, 1882) (transferred by Matsumoto (1915): 88)
Species Ophiochiton lymanni Studer, 1882 accepted as Ophiocten lymani (Studer, 1882) (transferred by Matsumoto (1915), misspelling)
Species Ophiochiton modestus Koehler, 1897 accepted as Amphioplus modestus (Koehler, 1897)
Species Ophiochiton solutum Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiochiton carinatus Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878 (synonym acc. to Mortensen (1927))
Species Ophiochiton tenuispinus Hoyle, 1884 accepted as Ophiochiton ternispinus Lyman, 1883 (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]

Type data

Note Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878 by monotypy...

Unreviewed

Type species Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiochiton Lyman, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123552 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 12:23:22Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-14 11:46:55Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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original description Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]

taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type species Ophiochiton fastigatus Lyman, 1878 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Definitions

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