Ophiomusa lunare

Ophiomusium lunare. Fig. 20 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 lunare

Name

Ophiomusa lunare (Lyman, 1878) Hertz, 1927

Synonyms

• Ophiomusium lunare Lyman, 1878 (original combination)

Holotype: BMNH 82.12.23.399

Type locality: Challenger Station 219, Admiralty Is. Depth: 274 m.

References

• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(7): 65–168. BHL Reference page.  [see page 116 as Ophiomusium lunare, original description]
• Hertz, M.C. 1927. 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.  [recombination reference]

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• 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.  [see page 14 as Ophiomusium lunare]
• Guille, A., Vadon, C. 1986. Ophiuridae l'océan Indien profond. Indo-Malayan Zoology.. 3: 167-188. Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. 2011. New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3089: 1-50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3089.1.1 Reference page.  [see pages 46, source of synonymy]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusa lunare (Lyman, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149651 on 2020-05-06

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