Ophiocoma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiocomoidea
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: Ophiocomoidea

Familia: Ophiocomidae
Genus: Ophiocoma
Species (7 + †4): O. aethiops – O. anaglyptica – †O. avatar – O. cynthiae – O. echinata – O. erinaceus – †O. hessi – †O. ishidai – †O. rasmusseni – O. schoenleinii – O. scolopendrina – †O. senonensis

Name

Ophiocoma Agassiz, 1836

Type species: Ophiua echinata Lamarck, 1816 (type by subsequent designation, see Clark, 1915: 290)

References

Primary references

Agassiz, J.L.R. 1836. Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1[1835]: 168-199. BHL. Reference page. [see page 192, original description]
Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. [see page 290, type designation]

Additional 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 Ophiocoma p. 282]
Brock, J.G. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 47: 465–539. BHL Reference page. [see page 495]
Devaney, D.M. 1970. Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 51: 1-41. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.51 Reference page. [as Ophiocoma p. 9–12]
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. [as Ophiocoma p. 51–52]
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. [see page 70]
Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. [see pages 84 and 98]
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 33: pp xiii + 510 Reference page.
Sloan, N.A., Clark, A.M., Taylor, J.D. 1979. The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 37(2): 81- 128. BHL Reference page.
Stöhr; Boissin, E.; Hoareau, T.B. 2013: Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the Ophiocoma brevipes group (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea), with description of a new subgenus (Breviturma) and a new species. European journal of taxonomy, (68) DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.68 Reference page.
Thuy, B., Numberger-Thuy, L.D. 2023. The Northernmost Occurrence of the Tropical-Subtropical Brittle Star Ophiocoma (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from a Late Cretaceous Rocky Shore in Southern Sweden †. Taxonomy. 3(3): 346–355. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3030020 Reference page. [as Ophiocoma p. 348–349]