Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Ophioscolecida > Family Ophioscolecidae

Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)*		synonym

Children

Ophiolycus purpureus (Düben & Koren, 1845)

Literature

basis of record	McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. Zootaxa. 352: 1-36.
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. Zootaxa. 2697: 1-154.
taxonomy source	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).

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolycus Mortensen, 1933. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242138