Ophiura ooplax

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: Ophiura
Species: Ophiura ooplax

Name

Ophiura ooplax (H.L. Clark, 1911)

• original combination: Ophiocten ooplax H.L. Clark, 1911
• Type locality: Albatross R/V station 4972. Japan, Wakayama, Honshu Island, Shiono Misak. 33.4292°N 135.55°E / 33.4292; 135.55. Depth 805 m.
• Holotype: USNM 25719 [1].
• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3076 [2]; MCZ OPH-3077 [3]; MCZ OPH-3078 [4]; MCZ OPH-3361 [5]; MCZ OPH-3362 [6]; USNM 26591 [7]; USNM 25774 [8]; USNM 25792 [9]; USNM 26579 [10]; USNM 33398 [11]; USNM 26595 [12]; USNM 26622 [13]; USNM 25773 [14]; USNM 26586 [15]; USNM 25791 [16]; USNM 25745 [17]; USNM 25763 [18]; USNM 25778 [19]; USNM 26598 [20]; USNM 26603 [21].

Synonymy

• Ophiocten ooplax H.L. Clark, 1911: 99–102, fig. 37.
• Ophiura ooplax (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1915: 81; 1917: 275–276, fig. 75; — H.L. Clark, 1928: 445; 1938: 359; 1946: 270; — Koehler, 1930: 223; — Murakami, 1942: 29; — Baker, 1979: 24.
• Ophiura chathamensis Fell, 1952: 25–28, figs. 15–20; 1958: 29; 1960: 69.
  • Synonymised by Baker (1979: 24).
  • Type locality: Discovery station 2733, Chatham Rise, west of Chatham Islands. Depth 30 m.

References

• Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6(1): 21-51. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1979.10428345 . Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. 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. 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. 
• 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. 
• Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College. 8: 1-37. Online Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College. 24: 1-40. Online Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 89, 1–295, 22 pl. 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. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page. 
• Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyûshû Imperial University 7(1): 1-36, 12 figs. hdl: 2324/22594 PDF Reference page.