Ophiopeza

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiopezidae
Genus: Ophiopeza
Species (5 + †1): O. cylindrica – O. exilis – O. fallax – †O. ferrugineum – O. kingi – O. spinosa

Name

Ophiopeza Peters, 1851

Type species: Ophiopeza fallax Peters, 1851, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Ophiopeza Peters, 1851: 465; — Brock, 1888: 471; — Vail & Rowe, 1989: 268–269; — Boissin et al., 2016: 286.
• Ophiopezella Ljungman, 1872: 639; — de Loriol, 1893b: 6–7; — H.L. Clark, 1909: 119–120.
  • Type species: Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by: A.M. Clark (1968: 313 [in text]).
• Distichophis Ely, 1942: 54–55.
  • Type species: Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942, by original designation.
• Indophioderma Sastry, Marimuthu & Rajan, 2019

References

• Boissin, E., Hoareau, T.B., Paulay, G. & Bruggemann, J.H. 2016. Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Réunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations. Zootaxa 4098(2): 273–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.4.Reference page. 
• Brock, J.G. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 47: 465–539. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 16(7): 277-322, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific Echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 52(7): 107–135. BHL Reference page. 
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. 
• Ljungman, A. [1871] 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 28(6), 615-658. BHL Reference page. 
• Loriol, P. de 1893b. Catalogue raisonné des échinodermes recueillis par M. V. de Robillard à l'île Maurice. III. Ophiures et Astrophytides. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 32(3): 1–63. BHL. Reference page. 
• Vail, L.L. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Status of the genera Ophiopeza and Ophiopsammus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Australian waters, with the description of a new species. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 110(3): 267–288. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Übersicht der an der Küste von Mossambique eingesammelten Ophiuren, unter denen sich zwei neue Gattungen befinden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1851: 463–466. BHL. Reference page.