Ophiocrossota multispina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiocrossota
Species: Ophiocrossota multispina

Name

Ophiocrossota multispina (Ljungman, 1867)

Original combination: Ophioglypha multispina Ljungman, 1867
Type locality: Port Jackson, Sydney, New south Wales. 4–6 fms.

Synonymy

Ophioglypha multispina Ljungman, 1867: 307–308; — Lyman, 1878: 99; — Lyman, 1882: 41.
Ophiura multispina (Ljungman, 1867) Meissner, 1901: 925; — Matsumoto, 1915: 81; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 322, pl. 19 figs. 1–2.
Ophiocrossota heteracantha H.L. Clark, 1928: 451–453, figs. 136 a–b.
- Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1946: 267)
- Holotype: SAMA E484, collected by Dr. Verco.
- Type locality: St. Vincent & Spencer Gulf, South Australia
- Paratypes: MCZ OPH-4705 [1]; MCZ OPH-4817 [2].
Ophiocrossota multispina (Ljungman, 1867) H.L. Clark, 1946: 267–268; — Baker, 1982: 433, fig. 10:16a; — O’Hara, 1990: 290.

References

Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars, Class Ophiuroidea. Pp. 418–437. In Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part 1. Government Printer: Adelaide.Reference page.
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.
Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum. 3(4): 361-482. BHL Reference page.
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. BHL Reference page.
Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page.
Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(7): 65–168. BHL Reference page.
Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page.
Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page.
Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 50(2): 287–305. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.04 Reference page.