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Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845

125148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125148)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Echinodermata
  4. Asterozoa
  5. Ophiuroidea
  6. Myophiuroida
  7. Metophiurida
  8. Ophintegrida
  9. Ophioscolecida
  10. Ophioscolecidae
  11. Ophioscolex
  12. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)
  13. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus
 unaccepted (status change)
Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845)
Species
Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) accepted as Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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] 
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=125148 on 2026-09-15
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus Düben & Koren, 1845. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=125148 on 2026-09-15
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2009-06-26 07:24:59Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2010-12-08 17:10:28Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2025-01-29 16:23:52Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of ) 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] OpenAccess publication

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