Ophiomastix macroplaca

Ophiomastix macroplaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiocomoidea

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: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiocomoidea

Familia: Ophiocomidae
Genus: Ophiomastix
Species: Ophiomastix macroplaca

Name

• Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) O’Hara et al., 2018
  • Original combination: Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915
  • Type locality: Off Hilo, Hawaii.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-3700 [1]

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915 (original combination)
• Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) Devaney, 1970

References

• Clark, H.L. 1915a. 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.  [see page 200 as Ophiacantha macroplaca, original description]
• Devaney, D.M. 1970. Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 51: 1-41. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.51 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.  [see page 73 as Ophiacantha macroplaca]
• O’Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Cisternas, P.A., Boissin, E., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Sellanes, J., Paulay, G. & Byrne, M. 2018. Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 67–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003 Reference page.  [new combination reference]