Ophiuroidea name details

Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari McKnight, 2003

242139  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242139)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Ophioscolecida (Order)
  10. Ophioscolecidae (Family)
  11. Ophioscolex (Genus)
  12. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) (Subgenus)
  13. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari (Species)
 unaccepted (raised to genus rank)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 Ophiolycus is currently a sugenus, although McKnight did not agree, when he described this species. He did not revise the...  
Taxonomy Ophiolycus is currently a sugenus, although McKnight did not agree, when he described this species. He did not revise the status of the genus though. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari McKnight, 2003. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242139 on 2025-06-30
Date
action
by
2007-07-05 21:51:50Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-26 07:24:59Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2011-05-10 07:38:31Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description 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] 

additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomy Ophiolycus is currently a sugenus, although McKnight did not agree, when he described this species. He did not revise the status of the genus though. [details]

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