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Ophiopeza Peters, 1851 
AphiaID: 204477

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851)
Parent Ophiodermatidae Ljungman, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Ophiopezella Ljungman, 1872
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1968). Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bull. Br. Mus (nat. Hist) 16(7): 276-322. [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

from synonym: Clark H.L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52: 107-135. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ophiopeza cylindrica (Hutton, 1872)
Species Ophiopeza exilis Koehler, 1905
Species Ophiopeza kingi Devaney, 1974
Species Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)

Species Ophiopeza fallax Peters, 1851 represented as Ophiopeza fallax fallax Peters, 1851 (alternate representation)

Species Ophiopeza aequalis Lyman, 1880 accepted as Ophiopsammus aequalis (Lyman, 1880)
Species Ophiopeza anchista (H.L. Clark, 1911) accepted as Ophiopsammus anchista (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiopeza assimilis Bell, 1888 accepted as Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888)
Species Ophiopeza aster Lyman, 1879 accepted as Cryptopelta aster (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophiopeza conjugens Bell, 1884 accepted as Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856)
Species Ophiopeza custos Koehler, 1897 accepted as Ophioplax custos (Koehler, 1897)
Species Ophiopeza danbyi Farquhar, 1897 accepted as Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851
Species Ophiopeza dubiosa (de Loriol, 1893) accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
Species Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851) accepted as Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)
Species Ophiopeza petersi Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiarachnella petersi (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiopeza reducta Koehler, 1907 accepted as Ophioplax reducta (Koehler, 1907)
Species Ophiopeza yoldii Lütken, 1856 accepted as Ophiopsammus yoldii (Lütken, 1856)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Note  Remark: In family Ophiuridae in Ludwig (1899).
Type species: Ophiopeza fallax Peters, 1851 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204477
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-08-04 14:17:36Z  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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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiopeza Peters, 1851. 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=204477 on 2013-05-25
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