IRMNG - Ophiotheca Currey, 1854

IRMNG taxon details

Ophiotheca Currey, 1854

IRMNG_ID

1262947 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1262947)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Trichiaceae Chevallier, 1826

Direct children (3)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Ophiotheca chrysosperma Curr., 1854 accepted as Perichaena chrysosperma (Curr.) Lister, 1894
Species Ophiotheca serpula (Wigand) Massee, 1892 accepted as Cornuvia serpula (Wigand) Rostaf., 1873
Species Ophiotheca vermicularis (Schwein.) Massee, 1892 accepted as Perichaena vermicularis (Schwein.) Rostaf., 1876

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Quart. J. Micr. Sci., 2
page(s): 241 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Ophiotheca Currey, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262947 on 2026-10-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2019-05-11 18:53:09Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-05-10 19:01:08Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2026-03-30 19:07:27Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

Sources (9)

original description Quart. J. Micr. Sci., 2
page(s): 241 [details]

basis of record CoL2006/Species Fungorum [details]

basis of record Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]

basis of record Index Fungorum (May 2009 version). , available online at http://www.indexfungorum.org/ [details]

additional source García-Cunchillos, I.; Zamora, J. C.; Ryberg, M.; Lado, C. (2022). Phylogeny and evolution of morphological structures in a highly diverse lineage of fruiting-body-forming amoebae, order Trichiales (Myxomycetes, Amoebozoa). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 177: a107609., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107609
note: genus restored from synonymy [details]

name verified source Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]

current name source Hyde, K. D. et al. (2024). The 2024 outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. <em>Mycosphere.</em> 15(1): 5146-6239 [19 November]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/15/1/25 [details]

extant flag source Index Fungorum (May 2009 version). , available online at http://www.indexfungorum.org/ [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]