WoRMS taxon details
Ophioscolecidae Lütken, 1869
1075312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1075312)
accepted
Family
Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type by original designation)
- Genus Lapidaster Thuy, 2013 †
- Genus Ophiambix Lyman, 1880
- Genus Ophiocymbium Lyman, 1880
- Genus Ophiogeron Lyman, 1878
- Genus Ophiohyalus Matsumoto, 1915
- Genus Ophiohymen H.L. Clark, 1911
- Genus Ophioleptoplax H.L. Clark, 1911
- Genus Ophiologimus H.L. Clark, 1911
- Genus Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933
- Genus Ophiophrura H.L. Clark, 1911
- Genus Ophioplexa Martynov, 2010
- Genus Ophioprium H.L. Clark, 1915
- Genus Ophiorupta Martynov, 2010
- Genus Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Genus Ophiosyzygus H.L. Clark, 1911
- Genus Ophiuroconis Matsumoto, 1915
- Genus Soliophis Okanishi & Mah, 2020
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolecidae Lütken, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1075312 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1869). Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Tredie Afdelning. <em>Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning.</em> 8: 20-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1096322 [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
