Ophiomusa fallax

Ophiomusium fallax, figs. 12 a–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 fallax

Name

Ophiomusa fallax (Koehler, 1904)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium fallax Koehler, 1904
• Type locality: Siboga Station 156. Papua, Kepulauan Raja Ampat. 0.4866°S 130.0883°E / -0.4866; 130.0883. Depth 469 m.
• Syntype: ZMA.ECH.O.2046 [1] [?formely? RMNH V.Ech.O. 6342].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium fallax Koehler, 1904: 56–57, pl. 9 fig. 10–11, pl. 10 fig. 1; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 334; — Baker, 2016: 10, figs. 12a–b.
• Ophiomusa fallax (Koehler, 1904) 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. 1915. 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. 
• 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. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1904. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLV: 1-176, 36 pl. 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.