Ophiuroidea taxon details
Ophiologimus farquhari (McKnight, 2003)
719187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719187)
accepted
Species
Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003) · unaccepted (synonymized by Mills & O'Hara (2013))
Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari McKnight, 2003 · unaccepted (raised to genus rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari McKnight, 2003) McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New
Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
(of Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003)) McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
(of Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003)) McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
Holotype (of Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003))...
Holotype (of Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003)) NIWA 3344 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiologimus farquhari (McKnight, 2003). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719187 on 2026-09-04
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(of Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari McKnight, 2003) McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New
Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
original description (of Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003)) McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
basis of record Mills, V. S.; O'Hara, T. D. (2013). Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3613 (5): 401-444., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2013/3613(5).html [details]
original description (of Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003)) McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
basis of record Mills, V. S.; O'Hara, T. D. (2013). Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3613 (5): 401-444., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2013/3613(5).html [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Ophiolycus farquhari (McKnight, 2003)) NIWA 3344 [details]
