Amphiophiura superba

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

Amphiophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Original combination: Ophioglypha superba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Type locality: Ventana Bay, offshore of Bay, Baja California.

Syntypes: MCZ OPH-726 [1]; MNHN-IE-2013-10248 [2].

Ophioglypha superba Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 116–117, pl. 1 figs. 4–8, pl. 7 fig. 4; — Downey, 1969: 127.
Ophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Meissner, 1901: 925; — H.L. Clark, 1913: 208–209.
Ophiura hadra H.L. Clark, 1911: 80–82, fig. 24.
- Type locality: Sea Lion Rocks, off Washington State. 47°22′00″N 125°41′00″W / 47.366667°N 125.683333°W / 47.366667; -125.683333. Depth 859 fms.
- Holotype: USNM 25612 [3]
- Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3002 [4]; MCZ OPH-3003 [5]; MCZ OPH-3004 [6]; MCZ OPH-3321 [7]; USNM 25751 [8]; USNM 25542 [9]; USNM 26974 [10]; USNM 33366 [11].
- Synonymized by H.L. Clark (1913: 208).
Amphiophiura hadra (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1915: 78.
Amphiophiura superba (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) H.L. Clark, 1915: 314.

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. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL 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.
Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page.
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.
Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page.