Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)

ERMS taxon details

Ophiocten Lütken, 1855

AphiaID

123561 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123561)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ophiocten kroeyeri Lütken, 1855 accepted as Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852)

Parent

Ophiurinae Lyman, 1865

Direct children (12)

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Species Ophiocten abyssicolum (Forbes, 1843)
Species Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858)
Species Ophiocten centobi Paterson, Tyler & Gage, 1982
Species Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872)
Species Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852)
Species Ophiocten africana Koehler, 1923 accepted as Ophiura grubei Heller, 1863 (synonym)
Species Ophiocten kroeyeri Lütken, 1855 accepted as Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852) (synonym)
Species Ophiocten latens Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 (synonym)
Species Ophiocten longispinum Koehler, 1896 accepted as Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 (synonym)
Species Ophiocten pacificum Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiocten hastatum Lyman, 1878 (synonym)
Species Ophiocten scutatum Koehler, 1896 accepted as Ophiocten affinis (Lütken, 1858) (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lütken, C.F. (1855). Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavets Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening 1854-. 6: 95-104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632675#page/99/mode/1up
page(s): 102 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocten Lütken, 1855. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123561 on 2025-05-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Ophiocten Lütken, 1855. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123561 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Lütken, C.F. (1855). Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavets Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening 1854-. 6: 95-104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35632675#page/99/mode/1up
page(s): 102 [details]

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 RoR) [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]