Ophiocoma

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. cynthiae – O. echinata – O. erinaceus – †O. hessi – †O. ishidai – †O. rasmusseni – O. schoenleinii – O. scolopendrina – †O. senonensis

Name

Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836

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

References

Primary references

• Agassiz, L. 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. 1915. 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

• Brock, J.G. 1888. Die Ophiuridenfauna des indischen Archipels. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 47: 465–539. BHL Reference page.  [see page 495]
• 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. 

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocoma L. Agassiz, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123592 on 2020-03-29