MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)

WoRMS name details

Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)

AphiaID

242550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242550)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (status change)

Accepted Name

Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933

Rank

Subgenus

Typetaxon

Ophioscolex dentatus Lyman, 1878 represented as Ophiolycus dentatus (Lyman, 1878) (type by original designation)

Parent

Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842

Direct children (4)

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Species Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) dentatus Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiolycus dentatus (Lyman, 1878) (status change)
Species Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari McKnight, 2003 accepted as Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003) accepted as Ophiologimus farquhari (McKnight, 2003) (raised to genus rank)
Species Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) nutrix Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiolycus nutrix (Mortensen, 1936) (status change)
Species Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1846 accepted as Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1846) (status change)

Environment

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

Original description

Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93. 65: 215-400. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242550 on 2024-10-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-16 13:33:01Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-26 07:24:59Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2010-12-08 17:10:28Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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Sources (3)

original description Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93. 65: 215-400. [details]

basis of record Fell, H.B. (1960). Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea, Zoology Publications, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 26: 1-44, available online at http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Vic26Zool.html [details]

status source Martynov, A. (2010). Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa. 2697: 1-154.
page(s): 103 [details]