Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867 
AphiaID: 204344

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Ophiocentrus aculeatus Ljungman, 1867
Parent		Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Amphiocnida Verrill, 1899 (synonym) Ophiocentrotus (misspelling)
Sources		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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] from synonym: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Ophiocentrus aculeatus Ljungman, 1867 Species Ophiocentrus alboviridis (Brock, 1888) Species Ophiocentrus anomalus Liao, 1983 Species Ophiocentrus aspera (Koehler, 1905) Species Ophiocentrus crassuspinosus Cherbonnier & Guille, 1978 Species Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905) Species Ophiocentrus fragilis H.L. Clark, 1938 Species Ophiocentrus inaequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915) Species Ophiocentrus koehleri Gislén, 1926 Species Ophiocentrus novaezelandiae Gislén, 1926 Species Ophiocentrus pilosa (Lyman, 1879) Species Ophiocentrus polyacanthus Liao, 2004 Species Ophiocentrus putnami (Lyman, 1871) Species Ophiocentrus spinacutus Cherbonnier & Guille, 1978 Species Ophiocentrus tokiokai Irimura, 1981 Species Ophiocentrus verticillatus (Döderlein, 1896) Species Ophiocentrus vexator Koehler, 1922 Species Ophiocentrus brachiatus (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) Species Ophiocentrus dilatatus (Koehler, 1905) accepted as Ophiocentrus dilatata (Koehler, 1905) Species Ophiocentrus inequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiocentrus inaequalis (H.L. Clark, 1915) Species Ophiocentrus novae-zelandiae Gislén, 1926 accepted as Ophiocentrus novaezelandiae Gislén, 1926
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Note		Remark: Type species: Ophiocentrus aculeatus Ljungman, 1867 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Authority is Ljungman, 1866 in Cherbonnier & Guille (1978). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204344
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-04-19 18:45:56Z   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). Ophiocentrus Ljungman, 1867. 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=204344 on 2013-05-22