Ophiopus arcticus

Ophiopus arcticus, dorsal view.

Ophiopus arcticus, ventral view.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphilepidida
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

Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: Ophiopus
Species: Ophiopus arcticus

Name

Ophiopus arcticus Ljungman, 1867

Type locality: Spitsbergen.

Synonymy

• Ophiopus arcticus Ljungman, 1867: 309; — Mortensen, 1927: 203–204, fig. 115; — Djakonov, 1954: 52; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 199.
• Ophiaregma abyssorum G.O. Sars, 1872
  • Synonymised by Mortensen (1927: 203).

References

• Djakonov, A.M. 1954. Ophiuroids of the USSR Seas. Tabl. anal. Faune USSR (Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1967); Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva-Leningrad. 55: 1-136, 47 figs, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Smirnov, I.S., Piepenburg, D., Ahearn, C., Juterzenka, K.V. 2014. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. 11(1): 192–209. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 Reference page. 

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