World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842

AphiaID

123633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123633)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ophioscolex glacialis Müller & Troschel, 1842

Type taxon of

Ophioscolecidae Lütken, 1869

Parent

Ophioscolecidae Lütken, 1869

Synonymised names

Ophiocynodus H.L. Clark, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Ophioscolex corynetes (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophioscolex glacialis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Subgenus Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) accepted as Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933 (status change)
1. Species Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845 accepted as Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845) (status change)
Species Ophioscolex nutrix Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiolycus nutrix (Mortensen, 1936) (synonym)
Species Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885 accepted as Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845 accepted as Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845) (synonym)
Species Ophioscolex stimpsonii Lyman, 1875 accepted as Ophiomyxa stimpsonii (Lyman, 1875)
Species Ophioscolex tripapillatus Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005 accepted as Ophiophrura tripapillata (Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005) (revision)

Environment

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

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123633 on 2026-01-16

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophioscolex Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123633 on 2026-01-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2010-12-06 08:02:43Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-10-01 07:49:29Z

changed

Thuy, Ben

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original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]

original description (of Ophiocynodus H.L. Clark, 1911) Clark, H. L. (1911). North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin. 75: 1-302., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7866026 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]