Ophiopsammus assimilis

Ophiopsammus assimilis

Ophiopsammus assimilis

Ophiopsammus assimilis

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: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophiopsammus
Species: Ophiopsammus assimilis

Name

• Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888) Vail & Rowe, 1989
  • Original combination: Ophiopeza assimilis Bell, 1888
  • Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1886.6.9.23 [1]

Synonymy

• Ophiopeza assimilis Bell, 1888
• Pectinura assimilis (Bell, 1888)
• Pectinura dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1909
  • Synonymized by Vail & Rowe (1989)
  • Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, off Wata Mooli. Depth 129-144 m.
  • Lectotype: AM J849
  • Paratype: MCZ OPH-590 [2]
• Pectinura nigra H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by Vail & Rowe (1989)
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Bunbury, Koombana Bay. 33.313330°S 115.647780°E / -33.313330; 115.647780. Depth 5-8 fms.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-5257 [3]

References

• Bell, F.J. 1888. Descriptions of Four new Species of Ophiurids. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 56(1): 281–284. BHL.Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1909. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898. Echinodermata. Australian Museum Memoir. 4(11): 519-564. BHL DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1967.4.1909.1507 Reference page.  [as Pectinura dyscrita p. 534–535(original description)]
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Pectinura assimilis p. 343] [as Pectinura nigra p. 344–345 (original description)]
• Mills, V.S. & O’Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613(5): 401–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.5.1 Reference page.  [as Ophiopsammus assimilis p. 425–429]
• Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888) in GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-20
• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2023). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopsammus assimilis (Bell, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244003 on 2023-02-20
• 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.  [as Ophiopsammus assimilis p. 280–283 (recombination, synonymy)]