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WoRMS taxon details

Ophiodiscus Hertwig, 1882

AphiaID

267650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267650)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ophiodiscus annulatus Hertwig, 1882 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Sicyonidae Hertwig, 1882

Direct children (4)

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Environment

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

Original description

Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 49-50 [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature Type species of genus is Ophiodiscus annulatus not by monotypy (as stated in Fautin 2016) but by subsequent designation, by...

Nomenclature Type species of genus is Ophiodiscus annulatus not by monotypy (as stated in Fautin 2016) but by subsequent designation, by Carlgren (1921). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Ophiodiscus Hertwig, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267650 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-08-12 07:48:20Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

2015-10-06 13:36:17Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

2021-12-31 18:24:17Z

changed

Daly, Meg

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 49-50 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

new combination reference Sanamyan, N. P.; Sanamyan, K. E., Galkin, S. V., Ivin, V. V. and Bocharova, E.S. (2021). Deep water Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) Sicyonis, Ophiodiscus and Tealidium: re-evaluation of Actinostolidae and related families. Invertebrate Zoology. 18 (4) :385-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.18.4.01
note: Moved Ophiodiscus from Actinostolidae to Sicyonidae. [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.
page(s): 57, 61, 72, 77 [details]

additional source Rodríguez, E.; Castorani, C.N.; Daly, M. (2008). Morphological phylogeny of the family Actinostolidae (Anthozoa : Actiniaria) with description of a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent sea anemone redefining the family Actinoscyphiidae. Invertebrate Systematics, 22(4), 439–452., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS07053
page(s): 439-442, 448 [details]

additional source Sanamyan, N.P. & Sanamyan, K.E. (2007). Deep-water Actiniaria from East Pacific hydrothermal vents and cold seep. Invertebrate Zoology. 4(1): 83-102.
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
page(s): 79-80 [details]

additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 133 [details]

From editor or global species database

Nomenclature Type species of genus is Ophiodiscus annulatus not by monotypy (as stated in Fautin 2016) but by subsequent designation, by Carlgren (1921). [details]

Definitions

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