Ophiosemnotes paucispina

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 paucispina (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1917

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

Holotype: USNM 25620

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

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3435; MCZ OPH-3241; USNM 25982; USNM 26915; USNM 27048; USNM 26128.

Etymology: From Latin paucī (few) and spīna (spine), refering to the small number of 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 246 as Ophiolebes paucispina, 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 131 as Ophiolebes paucispina]

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiosemnotes paucispina (H.L. Clark, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244054 on 2020-05-31