Ophiosemnotes brevispina

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

Ophiosemnotes brevispina (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1917

Original combination: Ophiolebes brevispina H.L. Clark, 1911

Type locality: Albatross: station 3480, Bering Sea, 52°6'N 171° 45' W, 283 fathoms, black sand, coral, rocky.

Syntypes: MCZ OPH-3237; MCZ OPH-3433; USNM 25736; USNM 26957.

Etymology: From Latin brevis (short) and spina (spine), refering to the very short arm spines.

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 page 247 as Ophiolebes brevispina, original description]
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. [see page 136, recombination reference]

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 as Ophiolebes brevispina]

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiosemnotes brevispina (H.L. Clark, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244051 on 2020-05-28