Ophioderma phoenium

Ophioderma phoenium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophioderma
Species: Ophioderma phoenium

Name

Ophioderma phoenium H.L. Clark, 1918

Etymology: from Ancoent Greek φοίνιος (blood-red), refers to the color of the disc.

Type locality: Buccoo reef, Tobago. Carnegie Expedition, April 1916.

Holotype: MCZ OPH-4165

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-4166; OPH-4207

Synonyms

• Ophioderma phoenia H.L. Clark, 1918 (wrong ending due to confusion about gender of Ophioderma, see Corrigenda of ICZN 1980. OPINION 1152)

References

Primary references

• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 62(6): 263-338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page.  [see page 333, plate 6 figs. 1-2]

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Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1919. The distributions of the echinoderms of the West Indies. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 13(281): 49-74, plt. 1-3. BHL Reference page.  [see page 69, plate 3 fig. 1]
• ICZN 1980. OPINION 1152 (Case 1772). Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(2): 78–80. BHL. [Corrigenda: 38(4): 317, 1981. BHL.] Reference page. 

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioderma phoenium H.L. Clark, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243643 on 2020-04-09