Ophiactis abyssicola

Ophiactis abyssicola, dorsal view.

Ophiactis abyssicola, ventral view.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina
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: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiactidae
Genus: Ophiactis
Species: Ophiactis abyssicola

Name

Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861)

Original combination: Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861

Type locality: Norway.

Synonymy

• Amphiura abyssicola M. Sars, 1861: 18–21, pl. 2 figs. 7–12.
• Ophiocnida abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861) Lyman, 1865: 12.
• Ophiactis abyssicola (M. Sars, 1861) Ljungman, 1867: 324; — Lütken, 1872: 98; — Lyman, 1882: 122; — Hoyle, 1884: 710, 715, 718; — Bell, 1892: 123; — Koehler, 1898: 46–48, pl. 5 fig. 17, pl. 6 fig. 18; — Grieg, 1903: 29–30; — Koehler, 1909: 169; — Mortensen, 1913: 356; — Farran, 1913: 35–36; — H.L. Clark, 1918: 304–305; — Grieg, 1921: 36–37; — H.L. Clark, 1923: 334–335; — Mortensen, 1927: 202–203, fig. 114; — Mortensen, 1933: 347; — John & A.M. Clark, 1954: 154; — Cherbonnier & Sibuet, 1972: 1370; — Gage et al., 1983: 292; — Paterson, 1985: 76–78, fig. 32; — Martynov & Litvinova, 2008: 102–104, fig. 17C–E; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 199; — Madeira et al., 2019: 23–24; — Olbers et al., 2019: 247–249, figs. 250–251; — Eichsteller et al., 2022: fig. 2G–H; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2022: 33, fig. 13C–D.
• Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879: 38, pl. 13 figs. 359–361; — Lyman, 1882: 117, pl. 20 figs. 10–12.
  • Syntype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1161 [1].
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1918: 304).
• Ophiactis poa Lyman, 1879: 40, pl. 13 figs. 356–358; — Lyman, 1882: 119, pl. 20 figs. 13–15.
  • Syntype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1188 [2].
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1918: 304).
• Ophiactis corallicola Koehler, 1895: 460–461, fig. 5; — Koehler, 1898: 46; — Koehler, 1907: 272–273; — Koehler, 1909: 170, pl. 1 fig. 11, pl. 7 figs. 4–5.
  • Syntype: MNHN-IE-2013-10279 [3].
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1918: 304).
• Ophiactis echinata Koehler, 1898: 48–49, pl. 5 figs. 15–16; — Mortensen, 1927: 199; — Cherbonnier & Sibuet, 1972: 1370.
  • Type locality: Hirondelle station 198, 1888, depth 800 m.
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1918: 304).

References

• Bell, F.J. 1892. Catalogue of the British echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Printed by Order of the Trustees. 1–292. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11515 .Reference page. 
• Cherbonnier, G. & Sibuet, M. 1972. Résultats scientifiques de la campagne Noratlante : Astérides et Ophiurides. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3ème série - Zoologie. 102(76): 1333–1394. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 62(6): 263-338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 13(7): 221–435, pls VIII–XXIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Eichsteller, A., Taylor, J., Stöhr, S., Brix, S., Martínez Arbizu, P. 2022. DNA Barcoding of Cold-Water Coral-Associated Ophiuroid Fauna from the North Atlantic. Diversity. 14(5): 358. DOI: 10.3390/d14050358 . Reference page. 
• Farran, G.P. 1913. The deep water Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea of the west coast of Ireland. Department of Agriculure and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Fisheries Branch. Scientific Ivestigations. 1912(6): 1–66. BHL.Reference page. 
• Gage, J.D., Pearson, M., Clark, A.M., Paterson, G.L.J., Tyler, P.A. 1983. Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 45(5): 263–308. BHL.Reference page. 
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• Grieg, J.A. 1921. Echinodermata. Report on the scientific results of the "Michael Sars" north Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910, carried out under the auspices of the Norwegian government and the superintendence of Sir John Murray, K.C.B., and Dr. Johan Hjort. 3(2): 1–47. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoyle, W.E. 1884. Report on the Ophiuroidea of the Faröe Channel, mainly collected by H.M.S. "Triton" in August 1882, with some remarks on the distribution of the order. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 12: 707–730. BHL.Reference page. 
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