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Ophiopeza Peters, 1851

204477  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204477)

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Ophiopeza fallax Peters, 1851 represented as Ophiopeza fallax fallax Peters, 1851 (type by original designation)
Distichophis Ely, 1942 · unaccepted (synonymized by Devaney (1974))
Indophioderma Sastry, Marimuthu & Rajan, 2019 · unaccepted (Most likely a junior homonym of...)  
Most likely a junior homonym of Ophiopeza acc. to Paramesvaran et al. (2020)

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  1. Species Ophiopeza cylindrica (Hutton, 1872)
  2. Species Ophiopeza exilis Koehler, 1905
  3. Species Ophiopeza kingi Devaney, 1974
  4. Species Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
  5. Species Ophiopeza aequalis Lyman, 1880 accepted as Ophiopsammus aequalis (Lyman, 1880)
  6. Species Ophiopeza anchista (H.L. Clark, 1911) accepted as Ophiopsammus anchista (H.L. Clark, 1911) (synonym)
  7. Species Ophiopeza assimilis Bell, 1888 accepted as Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Ophiopeza aster Lyman, 1879 accepted as Cryptopelta aster (Lyman, 1879)
  9. Species Ophiopeza conjugens Bell, 1884 accepted as Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856)
  10. Species Ophiopeza custos Koehler, 1897 accepted as Ophioplax custos (Koehler, 1897)
  11. Species Ophiopeza danbyi Farquhar, 1897 accepted as Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851 accepted as Breviturma brevipes (Peters, 1851) (synonymized by H.L. Clark (1915))
  12. Species Ophiopeza dubiosa (de Loriol, 1893) accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
  13. Species Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851) accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
  14. Species Ophiopeza gracilis (Mortensen, 1924) accepted as Ophiopeza cylindrica (Hutton, 1872)
  15. Species Ophiopeza petersi Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiarachnella petersi (Lyman, 1878) (synonym)
  16. Species Ophiopeza reducta Koehler, 1907 accepted as Ophioplax reducta (Koehler, 1907)
  17. Species Ophiopeza yoldii Lütken, 1856 accepted as Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856)
  18. Species Ophiopeza fallax Peters, 1851 represented as Ophiopeza fallax fallax Peters, 1851
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Peters, W. (1851). Übersicht der an der Küste von Mossambique eingesammelten Ophiuren, unter denen sich zwei neue Gattungen befinden. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851.</em> 463-466. [details]   
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopeza Peters, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204477 on 2024-03-19
Date
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1998-08-04 14:17:36Z
created
2000-10-01 17:04:30Z
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2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
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Martinez, Olga
2007-07-12 13:29:01Z
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2018-03-21 15:03:48Z
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2019-01-10 11:02:15Z
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original description Peters, W. (1851). Übersicht der an der Küste von Mossambique eingesammelten Ophiuren, unter denen sich zwei neue Gattungen befinden. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851.</em> 463-466. [details]   

original description  (of Distichophis Ely, 1942) Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow-water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 176, 1-63. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Indophioderma Sastry, Marimuthu & Rajan, 2019) Sastry, D.R.K., Marimuthu, N., Rajkumar Rajan. (2019). Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species. <em>Record of the zoological Survey of India.</em> 119 (4):348-372., available online at http://recordsofzsi.com/index.php/zsoi/article/view/144963/104849
page(s): 361 [details]   

taxonomy source O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416
page(s): 15 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   
 
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From other sources
Remark In family Ophiuridae in Ludwig (1899).
Type species: Ophiopeza fallax Peters, 1851 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]