Ophiolebes brachygnatha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
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: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiolebes
Species: Ophiolebes brachygnatha

Name

Ophiolebes brachygnatha H.L. Clark, 1911

Type locality: Albatross: station 4804, off Simushir Island, 46°42'N 151°47'E. Depth: 229 fathoms, coarse pebbles, black sand, bottom temperature 35.9°.

Syntypes:

MCZ OPH-3236, 1 specimen.

USNM 25592, 3 specimens.

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek: βραχύς, brakhys (short), and -gnatha (jaw) in reference to the unusually short, wide jaws.

References

• 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.  [see pages 240-243, original description]

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• 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.  [see page 130]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolebes brachygnatha H.L. Clark, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243677 on 2020-06-30

• BHL bibliography
• Ophiolebes brachygnatha – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiolebes brachygnatha.
• ION