Ophiolimna

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: Ophiolimna
Species (6 + †4): O. antarctica – O. bairdi – O. diastata – †O. kucerai – †O. lisae – †O. malagasica – O. opercularis – O. perfida – O. placentigera – †O. tiamatia

Name

Ophiolimna Verrill, 1899

Type species: Ophiacantha bairdi Lyman, 1883, by original designation.

Synonymy

Ophiolimna Verrill, 1899: 44; — Matsumoto, 1915: 84; — Matsumoto, 1917: 101–102; — Paterson, 1985: 52–53; — O’Hara, & Stöhr, 2006: 64; — Martynov, 2010: 66–68; — Thuy, 2013: 65; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 14.
Toporkovia Djakonov, 1954: 130; — Belyaev & Ivanov, 1961; — Fell, 1961: 43.
- Type species: Toporkovia fragilis Djakonov, 1954, by original designation.
- Synonymised by O’Hara, & Stöhr (2006: 64).

References

Belyaev, G.M. & Ivanov, B.G. 1961. On the bipolarity of ophiuroids ofthe genus Toporkovia Djakanov. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 40: 1258-1260, 1 map.
Djakonov, A.M. 1954. Ophiuroids of the USSR Seas. Tabl. anal. Faune USSR (Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1967); Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva-Leningrad. 55: 1-136, 47 figs, 1 pl. Reference page.
Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page.
Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa. 2697: 1–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2697.1.1 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.
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.
O’Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. In: Richer de Forges, B. et al.. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 193: 33-141. ResearchGate Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 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.
Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 Reference page.
Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page.

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