Ophiozonella alba

Ophiozonella alba

Ophiozonella alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea

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: Ophionereidina Superfamilia: Ophiolepidoidea

Familia: Hemieuryalidae
Genus : Ophiozonella
Species: Ophiozonella alba

Name

Ophiozonella alba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

original combination: Ophiozona alba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Type locality: Galapagos Islands

Syntypes: MCZ OPH-313 [1]; MCZ OPH-314 [2]; MCZ OPH-816 [3]; MNHN IE-2013-10255 [4]; USNM 19426 [5]; USNM 19425 [6]; USNM 19424 [7]; USNM 19423 [8]; USNM 19421 [9].

Synonymy

• Ophiozona alba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 102–105, pl. 6 figs. 7–9.
• Ophiozonella alba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Matsumoto, 1915: 82.

References

• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page.