Ophiomusa alecto

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

Ophiomusa alecto (A.H. Clark, 1936)

original combination: Ophiomusium alecto A.H. Clark, 1936
Type locality: Johnson-Smithonian Deep Sea Expedition 4 March 1933. RV Caroline station 100.18°38′45″N 64°52′45″W / 18.6458°N 64.8792°W / 18.6458; -64.8792. Northeast of Puerto Rico. Depth: 183–549 m.
Holotype: USNM E5197 [1].

Ophiomusium alecto A.H. Clark, 1936: 4–5, pl. 2 figs. 5–6; — Baker, 2016: 6, figs. 2a–b.
Ophiomusa alecto (A.H. Clark, 1936) O’Hara et al., 2018: 9.

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, A.H. 1936. Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. Four new brittle stars from Puerto Rico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection. 91(24): 1–8. 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.