MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842

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Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842

Ophiopholis aculeata

AphiaID

123622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123622)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Ophiopholidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018

Parent

Ophiopholidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018

Synonymised names

Polypholis Duncan, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Ophiopholis bakeri McClendon, 1909
Species Ophiopholis brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879
Species Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860
Species Ophiopholis longispina H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiopholis mirabilis (Duncan, 1879)
Species Ophiopholis pilosa Djakonov, 1954
Species Ophiopholis bellis (Forbes, 1828) accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Ophiopholis caryi Lyman, 1860 accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Ophiopholis caryii Lyman, 1860 accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860
Species Ophiopholis scolopendrica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination, junior synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 96 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123622 on 2025-04-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2010-05-19 07:58:43Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-22 14:58:20Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 96 [details]

original description (of Polypholis Duncan, 1880) Duncan, P. M. (1880). On a Synthetic Type of Ophiurid from the North Atlantic. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 15(82): 73-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1880.tb00342.x [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]

Taxonomy

taxonomy 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]

Other

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

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