Ophiomisidium speciosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Astrophiuridae
Genus: Ophiomisidium
Species: Ophiomisidium speciosum

Name

Ophiomisidium speciosum Koehler, 1914

• Type locality: Albatross R/V station 2761. Brazil, Bahia, between Salvador and Abrolhos Islands. 15.65°S 38.5483°W / -15.65; -38.5483. Depth 1496 m.
• Holotype: USNM 32291 [1].
• Paratypes: USNM 33971 [2]; USNM 34042 [3].

Synonymy

• Ophiomisidium speciosum Koehler, 1914: 34–36, pl. 3 figs. 3–4; — Schoener, 1969: 131–133, figs. 3–4 ; — Downey, 1969: 140; — Litvinova, 1981: 122; — Guille: 1982: 73–78, figs. 3c–d, 4; — Paterson, 1985: 140–141, fig. 54.

References

• 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. 
• Guille, A. 1982. Papers from the Echinoderm Conference. 5. A new genus and species of ophiacanthid brittlestar (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Kerguelen Islands, with new taxonomic, biogeographic and quantitative data on the echinoderm fauna. The Australian Museum Memoir. 16: 67–87. DOI: 10.3853/J.0067-1967.16.1982.359 Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1914. A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 84: 1–173. BHL Reference page. 
• Litvinova, N.M. 1981. Ophiuroidea. In: Kuznetsov, A.P.; Mironov, A.N.. Benthos of the submarine mountains Marcus -Necker and adjacent Pacific regions, Academy of Sciences of the USSR P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow. 113-130. 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. 
• Schoener, A. 1969. Atlantic ophiuroids: some post-larval forms. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 16(2): 127–140. DOI: 10.1016/0011-7471(69)90069-2 .