Ophiotoma

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: Ophiotoma
Species (8 + †3): O. alberti – O. assimilis – O. bartletti – †O. charlottae – O. coriacea – O. gracilis – †O. incredibilis – O. megatreta – O. paucispina – O. tertium – †O. vadosa

Name

Ophiotoma Lyman, 1883

Type species: Ophiotoma coriacea Lyman, 1883, by monotypy.

Synonymy

Ophiotoma Lyman, 1883: 268; — Fell, 1960: 16; — Martynov, 2010: 97–103; — Thuy, 2013: 56–57; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 13.
Ophiotrema Koehler, 1896: 251; — Fell, 1960: 17.
- Type species: Ophiotrema alberti Koehler, 1896, by monotypy.
- Synonymised by Martynov (2010: 97).
Ophiopora Verrill, 1899: 43.
- Type species: Ophiacantha bartletti Lyman, 1883, by original designation.
- Synonymised by Fell (1960: 16).

References

Fell, H.B. 1960. Synoptic keys to the genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 26: 1–44. Online.Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1896c. Note préliminaire sur les ophiures des premières campagnes de la Princesse Alice. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 241–253. 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.
Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa. 2697: 1–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2697.1.1 Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.
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.
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.