WoRMS taxon details

Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845)

553024  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:553024)

  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. Ophiolycus (Genus)
  12. Ophiolycus purpureus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioscolex purpurea Düben & Koren, 1845) Düben, M. von, Koren, J. (1845). Skandinaviens echinodermer. <em>Öfversigt av Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> 2: 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957473
page(s): 74 [details] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=553024 on 2025-06-30
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2010-12-08 17:10:28Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2025-01-29 16:23:52Z
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Stöhr, Sabine

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Results of the explorations made by the Steamer Albatross off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 11, 503-699, plates 1-43 (begin p.604)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30854749 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ophioscolex purpurea Düben & Koren, 1845) Düben, M. von, Koren, J. (1845). Skandinaviens echinodermer. <em>Öfversigt av Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> 2: 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957473
page(s): 74 [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Martynov, A. (2010). Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2697: 1-154.
page(s): 108 [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiolycus purpureus) 
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)

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