Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845)
553024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:553024)
accepted
Species
Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845 · unaccepted (status change)
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. Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=553024 on 2026-05-04
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] 
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 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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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)
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)