Ophiarachnella gorgonia

Ophiarachnella gorgonia

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: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophiarachnella
Species: Ophiarachnella gorgonia

Name

Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) H.L. Clark, 1909

• Original combination: Ophiarachna gorgonia Müller & Troschel, 1842

Synonymy

• Ophiarachna gorgonia Müller & Troschel, 1842
• Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Pectinura intermedia Bell, 1888
• Pectinura marmorata Lyman, 1874

• Type locality: Philippine, Bohol Island; Depth 8-10 fms.
• Holotype: MCZ OPH-144 [1]
• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-236 [2]; MCZ OPH-947 [3]; MCZ OPH-135 [4]

• Pectinura megaloplax Bell, 1884
• Pectinura venusta de Loriol, 1893

References

• 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.  [as Ophiarachnella gorgonia p. 123–124, recombination]
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiarachnella gorgonia p. 141–142]
• Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum. 3(4): 361-482. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiarachnella gorgonia p. 443–444]
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1-597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiarachnella gorgonia p. 346]
• Fujita, T., Ishida, Y., Kato, T., Irimura, S. 2004. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata) Collected from the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series A (Zoology). 30(4): 191–218. Internet Archive Reference page.  [as Ophiarachnella gorgonia p. 213]
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Ophiarachna gorgonia p. 105]
• Olbers, J.M., Samyn, Y. & Griffiths, C.L. 2015. New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. African Natural History 11(1): 83-116. DOI: 10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3 Reference page.  [as Ophiarachnella gorgonia p. 109–110]
• Okanishi, M., Fujita, Y. 2019. A comprehensive taxonomic list of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from submarine caves of the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, with a description of a rare species, Dougaloplus echinatus (Amphiuridae). Zootaxa. 4571(1): 73–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.5 Reference page.  [as Ophiarachnella gorgonia p. 88–89]

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