Amphiophiura superba

Amphiophiura superba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Amphiophiura
Species: Amphiophiura superba

Name

• Amphiophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) H.L. Clark, 1915
  • Type locality: Ventana Bay, offshore of Bay, Baja California.
  • Original combination: Ophioglypha superba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  • Syntypes: MCZ OPH-726 [1]; MNHN-IE-2013-10248 [2]

Synonymy

• Amphiophiura hadra (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1915
• Ophioglypha superba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
• Ophiura hadra H.L. Clark, 1911
  • Synonymized by H.L. Clark (1913)
  • Type locality: Sea Lion Rocks, off Washington State. 47°22'N125°41W. Depth: 859 ftm.
  • Holotype: USNM 25612 [3]

• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3002 [4]; MCZ OPH-3003 [5]; MCZ OPH-3004 [6]; MCZ OPH-3321 [7]; USNM 25751 [8]; USNM 25542 [9]; USNM 26974 [10]; USNM 33366 [11]

• Ophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Meissner, 1901

References

• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiura hadra p. 80–82 BHL (original description=]
• Clark, H.L. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiura hadra p. 208–209 BHL (synonymy)]
• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 314 Amphiophiura generic assignment]
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophioglypha superba p. 127]
• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophioglypha superba p. 116–117 BHL (original description)]
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page.  [as Amphiophiura hadra p. 78 BHL (recombination)]
• Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiura superba p. 925 BHL (recombination)]