Ophiocanops

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: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiocanops
Species (3): O. felli – O. fugiens – O. multispina

Name

• Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922
  • Type species: Ophiocanops fugiens Koehler, 1922, by original designation

Synonymy

• Renetheo McKnight, 2003
  • Synonymized by Stöhr, Conand & Boissin (2008)
  • Type species: Renetheo felli McKnight, 2003, by original designation
  • Etymology: named after Jean Baptiste François René Koehler & Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen

References

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin. 100(5): 1-486. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiocanops p. 24–26, original description]
• McKnight, D.G. 2003. New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. Zootaxa 352(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.352.1.1 Reference page.  [as Renetheo p. 5–6, original description]
• Stöhr, S., Conand, C. & Boissin, E. 2008. Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from La Réunion and the systematic position of Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(3): 545–560. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00401.x . Reference page.