WoRMS taxon details
Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842
123622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123622)
accepted
Genus
Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
Polypholis Duncan, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Ophiopholis bakeri McClendon, 1909
- Species Ophiopholis brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1911
- Species Ophiopholis japonica Lyman, 1879
- Species Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860
- Species Ophiopholis longispina H.L. Clark, 1911
- Species Ophiopholis mirabilis (Duncan, 1879)
- Species Ophiopholis pilosa Djakonov, 1954
- Species Ophiopholis bellis (Forbes, 1828) accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Ophiopholis caryi Lyman, 1860 accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Ophiopholis caryii Lyman, 1860 accepted as Ophiopholis kennerlyi Lyman, 1860
- Species Ophiopholis scolopendrica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination, junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 96 [details]
page(s): 96 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123622 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Polypholis Duncan, 1880) Duncan, P. M. (1880). On a Synthetic Type of Ophiurid from the North Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 15(82): 73-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1880.tb00342.x [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Polypholis Duncan, 1880) Duncan, P. M. (1880). On a Synthetic Type of Ophiurid from the North Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 15(82): 73-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1880.tb00342.x [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 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. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]
Other
additional source
Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
