Ophioplocus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea
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: Amphilepidida Subordo: Ophionereidina Superfamilia: Ophiolepidoidea

Familia: Hemieuryalidae
Genus: Ophioplocus
Species: O. bispinosus – O. declinans – O. esmarki – O. giganteus – O. hancocki – O. huttoni – O. imbricatus – O. incipiens – O. januarii – O. japonicus – O. marginata

Name

Ophioplocus Lyman, 1861
- Type species: Ophiolepis imbricata Müller & Troschel, 1842, by original designation

Synonymy

Ophioceramis Lyman, 1865
- Synonymized by Thomas (1975)
Ophioceres Koehler, 1922
- Synonymized by Thomas (1975)

References

Boissin, E., Hoareau, T.B., Paulay, G. & Bruggemann, J.H. 2016. Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Réunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations. Zootaxa 4098(2): 273–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.4.Reference page. [as Ophioplocus p. 68-69]
Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page. [as Ophioceres p. 289]
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–14. Scientific Reports. Series C, Zoology and Botany 8(2): 5–98, pls 76-90. BHL Reference page. [original description of Ophioceres: p. 47-48]
Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 75-86. BHL Reference page. [original description of Ophioplocus: p. 75-76]
Lyman, T. 1865. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, No. 1: Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. viii+200 pp.; pl. I–II; fig. 1–19. BHL Reference page. [original description of Ophioceramis: p. 62]
Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page. [p. 301]
Thomas, L.P. 1975. The systematic relationships of Ophioplocus, Ophioceramis and Ophioceres (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of Marine Science. 25(2): 232–247 figs 1–3. Online Reference page. [diagnosis, source of synonymy]