Ophiuroidea name details
Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845
125148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125148)
unaccepted (status change)
Species
Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) accepted as Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933
Ophioscolex purpurea Düben & Koren, 1845 · unaccepted
Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
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]
page(s): 74 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125148 on 2026-07-10
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(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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [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]
status 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2697.1.1
page(s): 108 [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [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]
status 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2697.1.1
page(s): 108 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)
To ITIS
To PESI (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) (from synonym Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885)
To ITIS