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WoRMS taxon details

Ophioconis Lütken, 1869

AphiaID

123546 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123546)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pectinura forbesi Heller, 1863 accepted as Ophioconis forbesi (Heller, 1863)

Parent

Ophiomyxidae Ljungman, 1867

Synonymised names

Ophioconus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Ophiurodon Matsumoto, 1915 · unaccepted (synonymized by A.M. Clark (1965))

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Species Ophioconis acanthophora (Murakami, 1942)
Species Ophioconis cincta Brock, 1888
Species Ophioconis claviculata Okanishi & Fujita, 2018
Species Ophioconis cupida Koehler, 1905
Species Ophioconis forbesi (Heller, 1863)
Species Ophioconis grandisquama Koehler, 1904
Species Ophioconis indica Koehler, 1897
Species Ophioconis opacum (H.L. Clark, 1928)
Species Ophioconis permixta Koehler, 1905
Species Ophioconis vivipara Mortensen, 1925
Species Ophioconis antarctica Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophioconis brevispina Ludwig, 1879 accepted as Cryptopelta brevispina (Ludwig, 1879) (synonym)
Species Ophioconis diastata H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiolimna diastata (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophioconis miliaria Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiuroconis miliaria (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophioconis monolepis Matsumoto, 1915 accepted as Ophiuroconis monolepis Matsumoto, 1915
Species Ophioconis papillata H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiolimna papillata (H.L. Clark, 1911) accepted as Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophioconis pulverulenta Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiuroconis pulverulenta (Lyman, 1879)

Environment

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

Original description

Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322
page(s): 70 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioconis Lütken, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123546 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-22 14:58:20Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322
page(s): 70 [details]

original description (of Ophiurodon Matsumoto, 1915) Matsumoto, H. (1915). A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43-92., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1708443
page(s): 86 [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 IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

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. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416
page(s): 15 [details]