WoRMS taxon details
Ophiopyrgus Lyman, 1878
242413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242413)
accepted
Genus
- Species Ophiopyrgus alcocki Koehler, 1897
- Species Ophiopyrgus australis Koehler, 1901
- Species Ophiopyrgus biocalae Vadon, 1991
- Species Ophiopyrgus depressus Koehler, 1904
- Species Ophiopyrgus planulatus Koehler, 1922
- Species Ophiopyrgus saccharatus Studer, 1882
- Species Ophiopyrgus trispinosus Koehler, 1904
- Species Ophiopyrgus turritus Litvinova, 1984
- Species Ophiopyrgus wyvillethomsoni Lyman, 1878
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopyrgus Lyman, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242413 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 415-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
