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Ophioscolex
Taxonomy
Ophioscolex was named by Müller and Troschel (1842). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ophioscolecidae.
It was assigned to Ophiomyxinae by Matsumoto (1915) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiomyxidae by Jagt (2000); and to Ophioscolecidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ophiomyxinae by Matsumoto (1915) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiomyxidae by Jagt (2000); and to Ophioscolecidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1842 | Ophioscolex Müller and Troschel |
| 1915 | Ophioscolex Matsumoto p. 47 |
| 1966 | Ophioscolex Spencer and Wright p. U89 |
| 2000 | Ophioscolex Jagt p. 10 |
| 2018 | Ophioscolex O'Hara et al. p. 11 |
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G. Ophioscolex Müller and Troschel 1842
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†Ophioscolex clivulus Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophioscolex cretaceus Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available