Ophiocten lymani

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: Ophiocten
Species: Ophiocten lymani

Name

Ophiocten lymani (Studer, 1882)

• original combination: Ophiochiton lymanni Studer, 1882
• Type locality: Saint-Paul and Amsterdam plateau.
• Syntype: ZMB 2539.
• Etymology: named after Theodore Lyman.

Synonymy

• Ophiochiton lymanni Studer, 1882: 22–23, pl. 3 figs. 10a–e.
• Ophiochiton lymani Studer, 1882
• Ophiocten lymani (Studer, 1882) Matsumoto, 1915: 88; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2022: 10.
• Ophiocten lymanni (Studer, 1882)

References

• 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. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Thuy, T. 2022. Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa. 5124(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1 Reference page. 
• Studer, T.R. 1882. Übersicht über die Ophiuriden, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874-1876 gesammelt wurden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1882: 1-37, pls 1-3. BHL Reference page.