Ophiolycus Mortensen 1933

• Main Author: Mcknight, Donald G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida; Ophiomyxidae; Ophiolycus; New Zealand; Paterson; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276705; https://zenodo.org/record/6276705

Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933 Remarks: In the original account of Ophiolycus , Mortensen (1933) used subgeneric status, but suggested “it should rather be made a separate genus, or at least a subgenus”; Fell (1960) gave it generic status, though Paterson (1985) regarded it as a subgenus. The presence of disc scales, dorsal armplates, transformed distal armspines, and visible radial shields are here considered sufficient for generic status. Fell (1960) was in error in listing Ophiolycus inermis Mortensen as the type species since Ophioscolex dentatus Lyman, 1878 is the type species. : Published as part of Mcknight, Donald G., 2003, New brittle­stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 352 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156750 : {"references": ["Mortensen, Th. (1933) Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk naturhistorisk Forening I K o benhaven, 93, 215 - 400, 12 pls.", "Fell, H. B. (1960) Synoptic keys to the Genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington, 26, 1 - 44.", "Paterson, G. L. J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 49 (1), 1 - 162.", "Lyman, T. (1878) Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the \" Challenger \" Expedition. 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 5 (7), 65 - 168."]}