WoRMS taxon details
Ophiocypris Koehler, 1930
242489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242489)
accepted
Genus
- Species Ophiocypris megaloplax (Mortensen, 1936)
- Species Ophiocypris tuberculosa Koehler, 1930
- Species Ophiocypris tuberculosus Koehler, 1930 accepted as Ophiocypris tuberculosa Koehler, 1930 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Koehler, R. (1930). Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 89, 1-295, 22 pl. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocypris Koehler, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242489 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Koehler, R. (1930). Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 89, 1-295, 22 pl. [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.; 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
page(s): 15 [details]
taxonomy source Littauer, R. (2025). Corrections for grammatical agreement in Ophiodermatidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5569(2): 400-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.11
note: Grammatical gender provided [details]
status source Liao, Yulin. (2004). Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. <em>Fauna Sinica.</em> 40, 1-305. pl. I-VI. Science Press: Beijing. [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
taxonomy source Littauer, R. (2025). Corrections for grammatical agreement in Ophiodermatidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5569(2): 400-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.11
note: Grammatical gender provided [details]
status source Liao, Yulin. (2004). Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. <em>Fauna Sinica.</em> 40, 1-305. pl. I-VI. Science Press: Beijing. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
