Ophiura scutellata

Ophioglypha scutellata; Figs. 4-6.

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
Subgenus: Ophiura (Ophiura)
Species: Ophiura scutellata

Name

Ophiura scutellata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

original combination: Ophioglypha scutellata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Type locality: South of María Magdalena Island, Islas Marías, 21.3167°N 106.4°W / 21.3167; -106.4. Depth: 1244 m.

Holotype: USNM 19474 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophioglypha scutellata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 125–126, pl. 2 figs. 4–6; — Downey, 1969: 126.
• Ophiura scutellata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Meissner, 1901: 925; — Matsumoto, 1915: 81.
• Homalophiura scutellata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) H.L. Clark, 1915: 327.
  • Homalophiura synonymized by Paterson (1985: 136).
• Ophiura (Ophiura) scutellata (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899); — Paterson, 1985: 136.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1915. 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. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. 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. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page.