African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Amphilycus Mortensen, 1933

AphiaID

203824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203824)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonymized with Ophiodaphne)

Accepted name

Ophiodaphne Koehler, 1930

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Amphilycus androphorus Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiodaphne scripta (Koehler, 1904)

Parent

Amphiurinae

Synonymised names

Amphylicus · unaccepted

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Species Amphilycus androphorus Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiodaphne scripta (Koehler, 1904) (junior synonym)
Species Amphilycus scripta (Koehler, 1904) accepted as Ophiodaphne scripta (Koehler, 1904) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Mortensen, T. (1933). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening. 93, 171-195. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Amphilycus Mortensen, 1933. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203824 on 2026-09-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Amphilycus Mortensen, 1933. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203824 on 2026-09-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-05 08:30:55Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2017-09-04 09:16:34Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (0)

original description Mortensen, T. (1933). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 63. Biological observations on ophiurids, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening. 93, 171-195. [details]

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

source of synonymy Cherbonnier, G.; Guille, A. (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Faune de Madagascar, 48. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): Paris. ISBN 2-222-02341-6. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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