ARMS name details
Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)
242550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242550)
unaccepted (status change)
Subgenus
- Species Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845 accepted as Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845) (status change)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus). Accessed through: Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2025) The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) at: https://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242550 on 2025-05-06
Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2025). The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242550 on 2025-05-06
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Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]
basis of record Fell, H.B. (1960). Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea, Zoology Publications, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 26: 1-44, available online at http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Vic26Zool.html [details]
status source Martynov, A. (2010). Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2697: 1-154.
page(s): 103 [details]
basis of record Fell, H.B. (1960). Synoptic Keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea, Zoology Publications, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 26: 1-44, available online at http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Vic26Zool.html [details]
status source Martynov, A. (2010). Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2697: 1-154.
page(s): 103 [details]