Marine Species Traits - Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)

MSBIAS name details

Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)

AphiaID

242550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242550)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (status change)

Accepted name

Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842

Direct children (1)

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Species Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845 accepted as Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845) (status change)

Environment

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

Original description

Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93. 65: 215-400. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242550 on 2025-06-05

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242550 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-16 13:33:01Z

created

Stöhr, Sabine

2009-06-26 07:24:59Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2010-12-08 17:10:28Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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Sources (3)

original description Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93. 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. Zootaxa. 2697: 1-154.
page(s): 103 [details]