Aspidophiura forbesi

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: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Aspidophiura
Species: Aspidophiura forbesi

Name

• Aspidophiura forbesi (Duncan, 1879) Matsumoto, 1915
  • original combination: Ophioglypha forbesi Duncan, 1879
  • Type locality: Korean Straits, 51 fms.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1880.1.3.5 [1]

Synonymy

• Ophioglypha forbesi Duncan, 1879
• Ophiura forbesi (Duncan, 1879) Meissner, 1901
• Ophiura glyptodisca H.L. Clark, 1911
  • Synonymized by Matsumoto (1915)
  • Type locality: Japan, Korea Strait, Eastern Channel, NE of Okino Island. 34.3083°N 130.242°E / 34.3083; 130.242. Depth 108 m.
  • Holotype: USNM 25539 [2]

References

• 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.  [as Ophiura glyptodisca p. 91–92 (original description)]
• Duncan P.M. 1879. On some Ophiuroidea from the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 14(77): 445–482. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophioglypha forbesi p. 449–452 (original description)]
• Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans from Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 26(1–3): 15–49. DOI: 10.5134/176023 Reference page.  [as Aspidophiura forbesi p. 40]
• 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.  [as Aspidophiura forbesi p. 76 (recombination)]
• Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiura forbesi p. 925 (recombination)]