Ophiopeza spinosa

Ophiopeza spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiopezidae
Genus: Ophiopeza
Species: Ophiopeza spinosa

Name

Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)

original combination: Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867

Type locality: Tonga, Foa Island.

Synonymy

• Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867: 305–306
• Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, 1867
• Ophiopezella spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) Ljungman, 1872: 639; — H.L. Clark, 1909: 120; 1921: 141; — A.H. Clark, 1949: 55.
• Pectinura spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) Lyman, 1874: 221; 1882: 17.
• Ophiopezella dubiosa de Loriol, 1893b: 7–9, pl. 23 fig. 2; — H.L. Clark, 1909: 120.
  • Type locality: Mauritius.
  • Holotype: MHNG.
  • Synonymised by Vail & Rowe (1989: 273).
• Ophiopezella luetkeni de Loriol, 1893c: 392–394.
  • Type locality: Fidji.
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1909: 41120.
  • Etymology: named after Christian Frederik Lütken.
• Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942: 47–48, fig. 12; — A.H. Clark, 1949: 54; — A.M. Clark & Rowe, 1971: 127.
  • Type locality: Hawaii, Oahu, Black Point.
  • Holotype: BPBM.
  • Paratype: MCZ OPH-6668 [1].
  • Synonymised by Olbers, Samyn & Griffiths (2015: 107).
  • Etymology: named after Hubert Lyman Clark.
• Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) A.M. Clark, 1968: 313 [in text]; — A.M. Clark & Rowe, 1971: 127; — Vail & Rowe, 1989: 273–275, fig. 3A–B; — Olbers, Samyn & Griffiths, 2015: 107–109, pl. 8 figs. A–B; — Boissin et al., 2016: 288, fig. 5.
• Ophiopeza dubiosa ( de Loriol, 1893) A.M. Clark, 1968: 313 [in text]; — A.M. Clark & Rowe, 1971: 127.
  • Synonymised by Vail & Rowe (1989: 273).

References

• Boissin, E., Hoareau, T.B., Paulay, G. & Bruggemann, J.H. 2016. Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Réunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations. Zootaxa 4098(2): 273–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.4.Reference page. 
• Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 195: 3-133. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 16(7): 277-322, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms: i-vii, 1-238, pls 1-31. London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific Echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 52(7): 107–135. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. 
• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. 
• Ljungman, A. [1871] 1872. Förteckning öfver uti Vestindien af Dr A. Goës samt under korvetten Josefinas expedition i Atlantiska Oceanen samlade Ophiurider. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 28(6), 615-658. BHL Reference page. 
• Loriol, P. de 1893b. Catalogue raisonné des échinodermes recueillis par M. V. de Robillard à l'île Maurice. III. Ophiures et Astrophytides. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 32(3): 1–63. BHL. Reference page. 
• Loriol, P.de. 1893c. Échinodermes de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 1: 359-426. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3: 221-272, 7 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
• Olbers, J.M., Samyn, Y. & Griffiths, C.L. 2015. New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. African Natural History 11(1): 83-116. DOI: 10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3 Reference page. 
• Vail, L.L. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Status of the genera Ophiopeza and Ophiopsammus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Australian waters, with the description of a new species. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 110(3): 267–288. BHL Reference page.