Ophiocreas Lyman, 1879 
AphiaID: 123582

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Euryalidae (Family) > Asteroschematinae (Subfamily)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Ophiocreas lumbricus Lyman, 1869
Parent		Asteroschematinae Verrill, 1899 emended Okanishi et al., 2011
Synonymised taxa		Asteroschema (Ophiocreas) (raised to genus level)
Sources		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] additional source: Fell, H.B. (1960). Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea, Zoology Publications, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 26: 1-44 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Ophiocreas abyssicola Lyman, 1879 Species Ophiocreas ambonesicum Döderlein, 1927 Species Ophiocreas carnosus Lyman, 1879 Species Ophiocreas caudatus Lyman, 1879 Species Ophiocreas gilolense Döderlein, 1927 Species Ophiocreas glutinosum Döderlein, 1911 Species Ophiocreas japonicus Koehler, 1907 Species Ophiocreas lumbricus Lyman, 1869 Species Ophiocreas mindorense Döderlein, 1927 Species Ophiocreas mortenseni Koehler, 1930 Species Ophiocreas oedipus Lyman, 1879 Species Ophiocreas sibogae Koehler, 1904 Species Ophiocreas spinulosus Lyman, 1883 Species Ophiocreas willsi McKnight, 2000 Species Ophiocreas adhaerens Studer, 1884 accepted as Astrobrachion adhaerens (Studer, 1884) Species Ophiocreas brevis Matsumoto, 1911 accepted as Ophiocreas glutinosum Döderlein, 1911 Species Ophiocreas constrictum (Farquhar, 1900) accepted as Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900) Species Ophiocreas constrictus Farquhar, 1900 accepted as Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900) Species Ophiocreas longipes Mortensen, 1924 accepted as Ophiocreas sibogae Koehler, 1904 Species Ophiocreas melambaphes H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Astrobrachion adhaerens (Studer, 1884) Species Ophiocreas papillatus H.L. Clark, 1908 accepted as Ophiocreas japonicus Koehler, 1907 Species Ophiocreas phanerum H.L. Clark, 1916 accepted as Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900) Species Ophiocreas rhabdotum H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Astrobrachion adhaerens (Studer, 1884) Species Ophiocreas spinulosum Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiocreas spinulosus Lyman, 1883
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link		To GenBank
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123582
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-07-12 13:29:01Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-09-19 13:40:18Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiocreas Lyman, 1879. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123582 on 2013-06-18