Ophiotreta

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: Ophiotreta
Species (12 + †5): O. affinis – †O. dendrophyllicola – O. durbanensis – O. eximia – †O. hedone – O. imperita – O. larissae – O. lineolata – O. matura – O. nefasta – †O. sadorfi – O. sertata – O. spatulifera – †O. stefaniae – O. stimulea – †O. striata – O. valenciennesi

Name

Ophiotreta Verrill, 1899

• Type species: Ophiacantha lineolata Lyman, 1883, by original designation.
• Raised to genus rank by Koehler, 1922: 71

Synonyms

• Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) Verrill, 1899

Transferred to genus Ophiacantha by Koehler, 1914: 99

• Ophiopristis (Ophiotreta) Verrill, 1899 (original publication as a subgenus of Ophiopristis)

References

Primary references

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin. 100(5): 1-486. BHL Reference page.  [see page 71, statut source]
• 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.  [see page 44 as Ophiopristis (Ophiotreta), original description]

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 195, Lyman reject Verrill’s genera in favour of Ophiacantha]
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1914. A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 84: 1–173. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 73 and 99 as Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta)]
• 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.  [see pages 83-44]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiotreta Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205400 on 2020-05-22

• BHL bibliography
• Ophiotreta – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiotreta.
• ION

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