Ophiura ooplax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Species: Ophiura ooplax

Name

Ophiura ooplax (H.L. Clark, 1911)

Original combination: Ophiocten ooplax H.L. Clark, 1911
Type locality: Albatross R/V station 4972. Japan, Wakayama, Honshu Island, Shiono Misak. 33°25′45″N 135°33′00″E / 33.4292°N 135.55°E / 33.4292; 135.55. Depth 805 m.
Holotype: USNM 25719 [1].
Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3076 [2]; MCZ OPH-3077 [3]; MCZ OPH-3078 [4]; MCZ OPH-3361 [5]; MCZ OPH-3362 [6]; USNM 26591 [7]; USNM 25774 [8]; USNM 25792 [9]; USNM 26579 [10]; USNM 33398 [11]; USNM 26595 [12]; USNM 26622 [13]; USNM 25773 [14]; USNM 26586 [15]; USNM 25791 [16]; USNM 25745 [17]; USNM 25763 [18]; USNM 25778 [19]; USNM 26598 [20]; USNM 26603 [21].

Synonymy

Ophiocten ooplax H.L. Clark, 1911: 99–102, fig. 37.
Ophiura ooplax (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1915: 81; 1917: 275–276, fig. 75; — H.L. Clark, 1928: 445; 1938: 359; 1946: 270; — Koehler, 1930: 223; — Murakami, 1942: 29; — Baker, 1979: 24.
Ophiura chathamensis Fell, 1952: 25–28, figs. 15–20; 1958: 29; 1960: 69.
- Synonymised by Baker (1979: 24).
- Type locality: Discovery station 2733, Chatham Rise, west of Chatham Islands. Depth 30 m.

References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6(1): 21-51. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1979.10428345 . Reference page.
Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page.
Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum. 3(4): 361-482. BHL Reference page.
Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. BHL Reference page.
Fell, H.B. 1952. Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College. 8: 1-37. Online Reference page.
Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College. 24: 1-40. Online Reference page.
Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 89, 1–295, 22 pl. 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.
Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page.
Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyûshû Imperial University 7(1): 1-36, 12 figs. hdl: 2324/22594 PDF Reference page.