Ophiomusa canaliculata

Ophiomusium canaliculatum, figs. 5-8.

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 canaliculata

Name

Ophiomusa canaliculata (H.L. Clark, 1917)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium canaliculatum H.L. Clark, 1917
• Type locality: R/V Albatross station 4732. South Pacific Ocean. 16.5417°S 119.983°W / -16.5417; -119.983. Depth 2012 fms.
• Holotype: USNM E635 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium canaliculatum H.L. Clark, 1917: 448–449, pl. 5 figs. 5–8; — Baker, 2016: 8, figs. 7a–b.
• Ophiomusa canaliculata (H.L. Clark, 1917) Hertz, 1927; — 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. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, from August, 1899, to march, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., commanding. XVIII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in the charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Grant U.S.N. commanding. XXX. Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 61(12): 429-453, pls I-V. BHL Reference page. 
• Hertz, M.C. 1927b. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. I. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899. 22(3):59-122. 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.