Ophientrema

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
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: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophientrema
Species (2): O. euphylactea – O. scolopendrica

Name

• Ophientrema Verrill, 1899

Type species: Ophiacantha scolopendrica Lyman, 1883 (type by original designation)

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha (Ophientrema) Verrill, 1899 (original rank as a subgenus of Ophiacantha)

Raised at genus rank by Matsumoto, 1917

References

• Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page.  [see page 110, Ophientrema is raised to genus rank]
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. North American Ophiuroidea. II. A faunal catalogue of the known species of Ophiuroidea from the West Indian Region. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10: 372-386. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 332 as Ophiacantha (Ophientrema), original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophientrema Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242485 on 2020-06-13

• BHL bibliography
• Ophientrema – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophientrema.
• ION