Ophiopsila xmasilluminans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiopsiloidea

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: Amphilepidida Subordo: Ophiopsilina Familia: Ophiopsiloidea

Familia: Ophiopsilidae
Genus: Ophiopsila
Species: Ophiopsila xmasilluminans

Name

• Ophiopsila xmasilluminans Okanishi, Oba & Fujita, 2019
  • Type locality: Submarine cave (known as “Thunderdome Cave”) at Christmas Island, northwestern Australia, depth approximately 10 m, SCUBA diving, coll. Y. Fujita, 27 March 2011
  • Holotype: WAM Z99800
  • Paratypes: ZRC.ECH.133; RUMF-ZE-00148; RUMF-ZE-00153; RUMF-ZE-02086; RUMF-ZE-02087; ZRC.ECH.1333; ZRC.ECH.1334; ZRC.ECH.1335; ZRC.ECH.1336; WAM Z99801; WAM Z99802; WAM Z99803; WAM Z99804; RUMF-ZE-00152

References

• Okanishi, M., Oba, Y., Fujita, Y. 2019. Brittle stars from a submarine cave of Christmas Island, northwestern Australia, with description of a new bioluminescent species Ophiopsila xmasilluminans (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) and notes on its behaviour. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 67: 421–439. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2019-0034 Reference page.  [original description of Ophiopsila xmasilluminans p. 423–434]