Ophiomusa muta

Taxonavigation Edit

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 muta

Name Edit

Ophiomusa muta Hertz, 1927

Note: originaly a subspecies of Ophiomusa facunda, then raised at a species of Ophiomusium by Baker, 2016, and reassigned to Ophiomusa by O’Hara et al., 2018

Synonyms Edit

Ophiomusa facunda muta Hertz, 1927 (original rank as a subspecies of Ophiomusa facunda)
Ophiomusium facundum mutum (Hertz, 1927)
Ophiomusium muta (Hertz, 1927)
Ophiomusium mutum (Hertz, 1927) Baker, 2016

References Edit

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 18, raised at species rank as Ophiomusium mutum]
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. [original description as Ophiomusa facunda muta]

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. [see pages 8-9]

Links Edit

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiomusa muta (Hertz, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149661 on 2020-05-06

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