Ophiambix macrodonta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthida
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

Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: Ophiambix
Species: Ophiambix macrodonta

Name

Ophiambix macrodonta Okanishi et al., 2020

Type locality: R/V NATSUSHIMA, ROV HYPER-DOLPHIN, cruise NT04-03, Dive #0300, Kuroshima Knoll seep site, Ryukyu Islands, Sakishima Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, southwest of Japan, 24°07.822′N, 124°11.538′E, 638 m, 25 April 2004.

Holotype: NSMT E-13059 [1];

Paratypes: NSMT E-13057 [2]; NSMT E-13058 [3]; NSMT E-13060 [4]; NSMT E-13061 [5]; NSMT E-13062 [6]; NSMT E-13063 [7]; NSMT E-13064 [8]; NSMT E-13065 [9]; NSMT E-13066 [10]; NSMT E-13067 [11]; NSMT E-13068a [12]; NSMT E-13068b [13]

References

• Okanishi, M., Kato, M., Watanabe, H.K., Chen, C., Fujita, T. 2020. Large populations of two new species of Ophiambix (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) discovered on Japanese hot vents and cold seeps. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 68: 196–213. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0017 Reference page.  [original description of Ophiambix macrodonta p. 202–212]