MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ophiobyrsella Verrill, 1899

WoRMS taxon details

Ophiobyrsella Verrill, 1899

AphiaID

123629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123629)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ophiobyrsa serpens Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiobyrsella serpens (Lyman, 1878)

Parent

Ophiobyrsidae Matsumoto, 1915

Direct children (5)

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Species Ophiobyrsella erinaceus Koehler, 1904
Species Ophiobyrsella serpens (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiobyrsella hystricis (Lyman, 1883) accepted as Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881) (synonym)
Species Ophiobyrsella intorta Koehler, 1922 accepted as Ophiobyrsa intorta (Koehler, 1922) (transferred to Ophiobyrsa by A.M. Clark (1965))
Species Ophiobyrsella quadrispinosa Koehler, 1914 accepted as Ophiophrixus quadrispinosus (Koehler, 1914) (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences. 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiobyrsella Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123629 on 2025-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-14 11:46:55Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A. E. (1899). North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences. 10(7), 301-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13457106#page/331/mode/1up [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]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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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