Ophiotoma

Ophiotoma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
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: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiotomidae
Genus: Ophiotoma
Species (8 + †3): O. alberti – O. assimilis – O. bartletti – †O. charlottae – O. coriacea – O. gracilis – †O. incredibilis – O. megatreta – O. paucispina – O. tertium – †O. vadosa

Name

Ophiotoma Lyman, 1883

Type species: Ophiotoma coriacea Lyman, 1883, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Ophiotoma Lyman, 1883: 268; — Fell, 1960: 16; — Martynov, 2010: 97–103; — Thuy, 2013: 56–57; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 13.
• Ophiotrema Koehler, 1896: 251; — Fell, 1960: 17.
  • Type species: Ophiotrema alberti Koehler, 1896, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Martynov (2010: 97).
• Ophiopora Verrill, 1899: 43.
  • Type species: Ophiacantha bartletti Lyman, 1883, by original designation.
  • Synonymised by Fell (1960: 16).

References

• Fell, H.B. 1960. Synoptic keys to the genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 26: 1–44. Online.Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1896c. Note préliminaire sur les ophiures des premières campagnes de la Princesse Alice. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 241–253. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 10(6), 227-287. BHL 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., 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. 
• Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page. 

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