Ophiophrura tripapillata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioscolecida
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: Ophioscolecida

Ophiophrura tripapillata (Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005)

Original combination: Ophioscolex tripapillatus Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005

Type locality: Near Menez Gwen hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge), Azores. 37°50′56″N 31°30′40″W / 37.849000°N 31.511167°W / 37.849000; -31.511167. Depth 1015 m.

Holotype: MNHN-IE-2013-10361 [1].

Paratype: MNHN-IE-2013-10357 [2].

Ophioscolex tripapillatus Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005: 385–389, fig. 3.
Ophiophrura tripapillata (Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005) Martynov, 2010: 77, 78, 79, figs. 52A–B, D–E, 53; — Madeira et al., 2019: 45; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2022, 16, fig. 4F–H.

Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page.
Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa. 2697: 1–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2697.1.1 Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2022. Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa. 5124(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1 Reference page.
Stöhr, S. & Segonzac, M. 2005. Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(2): 383–402. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011318h . Reference page.

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