Ophiactis loricata; Figs. 1 and 2.

Taxonavigation

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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 plana

Name

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Note: H.L. Clark, 1918: 301 synonymised Ophiactis brachygenys H.L. Clark, 1911, Ophiactis flexuosa Lyman, 1879, Ophiactis perplexa Koehler, 1897 and Ophiactis profundi Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 with this species, then these synonymies have been rejected by Mortensen, 1924: 130

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