WoRMS taxon details
Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933
242138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242138)
accepted
Genus
Ophioscolex dentatus Lyman, 1878 represented as Ophiolycus dentatus (Lyman, 1878) (type by original designation)
Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) · unaccepted (status change)
- Species Ophiolycus dentatus (Lyman, 1878)
- Species Ophiolycus nutrix (Mortensen, 1936)
- Species Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845)
- Species Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003) accepted as Ophiologimus farquhari (McKnight, 2003) (synonymized by Mills & O'Hara (2013))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242138 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)) 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 McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
basis of record McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [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. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
