Ophiomitra spinea

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: Ophiotomidae
Genus: Ophiomitra
Species: Ophiomitra spinea

Name

Ophiomitra spinea Verrill, 1885

Type locality: U.S.A., Massachusetts, south of Nantucket Shoals. 39.4378°N 70.0436°W / 39.4378; -70.0436. Depth 2491 m.

Holotype: USNM 18053 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiomitra spinea Verrill, 1885a: 153–157; — Verrill, 1885c: 544; — Mortensen, 1933: 43, 44, fig. 26; — Paterson, 1985: 69, fig. 30; — Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005; 392–393; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 197–198.

References

• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL 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. 
• Smirnov, I.S., Piepenburg, D., Ahearn, C., Juterzenka, K.V. 2014. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. 11(1): 192–209. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. & Segonzac, M. 2005. Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(2): 383–402. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011318h . Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1885a. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England No. 11. American Journal of Science serie 3. 29(170): 149–157. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1885c. Results of the explorations made by the Steamer “Albatross” off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington. 11: 503–699. BHL. Reference page.