Ophiocomella

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: Ophiocomella
Species (6): O. alexandri – O. ophiactoides – O. pumila – O. schmitti – O. sexradia – O. valenciae

Name

Ophiocomella A.H. Clark, 1939

Type species: Ophiocomella caribbaea A.H. Clark, 1939, by original designation

Synonymy

• Ophiothauma H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by O'Hara & Thuy (2022)
  • Type species: Ophiothauma heptactis H.L. Clark, 1938 , by original designation

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 Ophiocomella p. 285]
• 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 Ophiothauma p. 211 (original description)]