Ophioplinthus nexila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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 Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Ophioplinthus
Species: Ophioplinthus nexila

Name

• Ophioplinthus nexila (Kyte, 1987) Martynov & Litvinova, 2008
  • Original combination: Homophiura nexila Kyte, 1987

Synonymy

• Homophiura nexila Kyte, 1987

References

• Kyte, M.A. 1987. Stegophiura ponderosa (Lyman), new combination, and Amphiophiura vemae and Homophiura nexila, new species (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the R/V Vema collections. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 100(2): 249–256. BHL Reference page.  [as Homophiura nexila p. 254–256 (original description)]
• Martynov, A. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066 Reference page.  [as Ophioplinthus banzarei p. 88 (recombination)]