MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867

Ophiuroidea taxon details

Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867

AphiaID

204344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204344)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ophiocentrus aculeatus Ljungman, 1867

Parent

Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867

Synonymised names

Amphiocnida Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiocentrotus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Ophiocentrus aculeatus Ljungman, 1867
Species Ophiocentrus alboviridis (Brock, 1888)
Species Ophiocentrus anomalus Liao, 1983
Species Ophiocentrus aspera (Koehler, 1905)
Species Ophiocentrus crassuspinosus Cherbonnier & Guille, 1978
Species Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905)
Species Ophiocentrus fragilis H.L. Clark, 1938
Species Ophiocentrus inaequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915)
Species Ophiocentrus koehleri Gislén, 1926
Species Ophiocentrus novaezelandiae Gislén, 1926
Species Ophiocentrus pilosa (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophiocentrus polyacanthus Liao, 2004
Species Ophiocentrus putnami (Lyman, 1871)
Species Ophiocentrus spinacutus Cherbonnier & Guille, 1978
Species Ophiocentrus tokiokai Irimura, 1981
Species Ophiocentrus verticillatus (Döderlein, 1896)
Species Ophiocentrus vexator Koehler, 1922
Species Ophiocentrus brachiatus (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
Species Ophiocentrus dilatatus (Koehler, 1905) accepted as Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905)
Species Ophiocentrus inequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiocentrus inaequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915) (spelling mistake)
Species Ophiocentrus novae-zelandiae Gislén, 1926 accepted as Ophiocentrus novaezelandiae Gislén, 1926 (unaccepted old spelling)

Environment

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

Original description

Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866. 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204344 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-04-19 18:45:56Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-10-01 17:04:30Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1866. 23(9): 303-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287761 [details]

basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

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]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark Type species: Ophiocentrus aculeatus Ljungman, 1867 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Authority is Ljungman, 1866 in Cherbonnier & Guille (1978). [details]

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