Ophiomusa breve

Ophiomusa breve, figs. 4a–b

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina
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 Suborder Ophiomusina

Familia: Ophiomusaidae
Genus: Ophiomusa
Species: Ophiomusa breve

Name

Ophiomusa breve (H.L. Clark, 1939)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium breve H.L. Clark, 1939
• Type locality: John Murray Expedition 1933-34, station 105, off Zanzibar. Depth: 238–293m.
• Holotype: BMNH 1948.5.26.415 [1].
• Paratypes: BMNH 1948-5-26-414 [2]; MCZ 6094 [3].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium breve H.L. Clark, 1939: 124–126, tex-figs. 57–58.
• Ophiosphalma breve (H.L. Clark, 1939) Baker, 2016: 27, figs. 4a–b.
• Ophiomusa breve (H.L. Clark, 1939) O’Hara et al., 2018: 9.

References

• Baker, A.N. 2016. An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera Ophiomusium Lyman and Ophiosphalma H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 4097(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. Scientific reports. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. 6: 29-136. BHL.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.