Ophiocamax patersoni

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: Ophiocamacidae
Genus: Ophiocamax
Species: Ophiocamax patersoni

Name

• Ophiocamax patersoni Martynov & Litvinova, 2008
  • Type locality: RV G.O. Sars, MAR-ECO cruise, station 52/374
  • Holotype: ZMBN 77854
  • Paratypes: ZMBN 77855; ZMBN 77856; ZMBN 77857; ZMMU D-748
  • Etymology: named after Gordon Lindsay John Paterson

References

• Martynov, A. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066 Reference page.  [as Ophiocamax patersoni p. 97–100 (original description)]