Ophiophrixus spinosus

Ophiophrixus spinosus, dorsal view of the disk.

Ophiophrixus spinosus, ventral view of the disk.

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: Ophiobyrsidae
Genus: Ophiophrixus
Species: Ophiophrixus spinosus

Name

Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881)

Original combination: Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881

Type locality: Norway.

Synonymy

• Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881: 88–89.
• Ophiobyrsa hystricis Lyman, 1883: 272, pl. 8 figs. 120–122; — Bell, 1892: 135–136; — Koehler, 1907: 302; — Farran, 1913: 48–49; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 170.
  • Type locality: Porcupine Expedition Station 63. Northwest of Shetlands Islands. Depth 345 fms.
  • Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-3915 [1].
  • Synonymised by Mortensen (1924a: 104).
• Ophiobyrsella hystricis (Lyman, 1883) Verrill, 1899: 359.
  • Synonymised by Mortensen (1924a: 104).
• Ophiobyrsella spinosa (Storm, 1881) Mortensen, 1924a: 104.
• Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881) Mortensen, 1924b: 3–11; — Mortensen, 1927: 171–172, figs. 96–97; — Mortensen, 1933: 18–20; — Paterson, 1985: 21–22, fig. 12; — Madeira et al., 2019: 165; — Macías-Ramírez, García-Guillén & Manjón-Cabeza, 2024: 15, fig. 9.

References

• Bell, F.J. 1892. Catalogue of the British echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Printed by Order of the Trustees. 1–292. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11515 .Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Farran, G.P. 1913. The deep water Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea of the west coast of Ireland. Department of Agriculure and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Fisheries Branch. Scientific Ivestigations. 1912(6): 1–66. BHL.Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907 [1906]. Ophiures. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 7: 245–311. 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. 
• Macías-Ramírez, A., García-Guillén, L.M., Manjón-Cabeza, M.E. 2024. Deep-Sea Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) from the Avilés Canyon System: Seven New Records for the Spanish North Atlantic Marine Subdivision. Diversity. 16(7): 1–21. DOI: 10.3390/d16070407 . Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1924a. Pighude (Echinodermer). Danmarks fauna; illustrerede haandbøger over den danske dyreverden. 27: 1–274. BHL.Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1924b. Observations on some echinoderms from the Trondhjem Fjord. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter. 1923(3): 1–22. 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. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page. 
• Storm, V.F.J. 1881. Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna. III. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter. 1880: 73–96. BHL. Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899a. North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(7): 301–371. BHL Reference page.