WoRMS taxon details
Ophiocten Lütken, 1855
AphiaID: 123561
AphiaID: 123561
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Ophiocten kroeyeri Lütken, 1855 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Ophiurinae Lyman, 1865 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Glaciacantha Fell, 1961 (type species synonymized with Ophiocten dubium by Madsen (1967)) | ||||||||||
| 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] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Madsen, F.J. (1967). Ophiuroidea. British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931, part 3: 123-145 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Ophiocten abyssicolum (Forbes, 1843) Species Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858) Species Ophiocten amitinum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten banzarei Madsen, 1967 Species Ophiocten bisquamatum Mortensen, 1936 Species Ophiocten carinatum Hertz, 1926 Species Ophiocten centobi Paterson, Tyler & Gage, 1982 Species Ophiocten cryptum McKnight, 2003 Species Ophiocten culveri May, 1924 Species Ophiocten doederleini Hertz, 1926 Species Ophiocten dubium Koehler, 1900 Species Ophiocten gracilis (Sars G.O., 1871) Species Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten ludwigi Koehler, 1908 Species Ophiocten lymanni (Studer, 1882) Species Ophiocten megaloplax Koehler, 1900 Species Ophiocten pallidum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852) Species Ophiocten squamosum A.H. Clark, 1917 Species Ophiocten ultimum Hertz, 1926 Species Ophiocten umbraticum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten africana Koehler, 1923 accepted as Ophiura grubei Heller, 1863 Species Ophiocten africanum Koehler, 1923 accepted as Ophiura grubei Heller, 1863 Species Ophiocten australis Baker, 1979 accepted as Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten brevispinum H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophioleuce brevispinum (H.L. Clark, 1911) Species Ophiocten charischema H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophioleuce seminudum Koehler, 1904 Species Ophiocten depressum Lyman, 1869 accepted as Ophioleuce depressum (Lyman, 1869) Species Ophiocten kroeyeri Lütken, 1855 accepted as Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852) Species Ophiocten latens Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten le-danteci Koehler, 1895 accepted as Ophiocten gracilis (Sars G.O., 1871) Species Ophiocten longispinum Koehler, 1896 accepted as Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten maculata (Ludwig, 1886) accepted as Ophiura maculata (Ludwig, 1886) Species Ophiocten ooplax H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiura ooplax (H.L. Clark, 1911) Species Ophiocten pacificum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 Species Ophiocten pattersoni Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiocten gracilis (Sars G.O., 1871) Species Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896 accepted as Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858) Species Ophiocten simulans (Mortensen, 1936) accepted as Ophiocten affinis simulans (Mortensen, 1936) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Type species: Ophiura kroyeri Lütken, 1855 (as Ophiura Kröyeri = Ophiura servicea forbes, 1852) by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123561 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Stöhr, S.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophiocten. In: Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123561 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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