Ophiolycus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Ophioscolecida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ophioscolecidae
Genus: Ophiolycus
Species (3):
O. dentatus –
O. nutrix –
O. purpureus
Name
[edit]Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933
Type species: Ophioscolex dentatus Lyman, 1878, by monotypy.
Synonymy
[edit]- Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) Mortensen, 1933: 309, 315.
- Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933; — McKnight, 2003: 5; — Martynov, 2010: 103–108; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 11.
References
[edit]- 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. Zootaxa. 2697: 1–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2697.1.1 Reference page.
- McKnight, D.G. 2003. New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. Zootaxa 352(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.352.1.1 Reference page.
- Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914—16. LXV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 215–400; pl. VIII–XIX. PDF. Reference page.
- O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.