Ophiocanops felli

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: Ophiocanops felli

Name

• Ophiocanops felli (McKnight, 2003) Stöhr, Conand & Boissin, 2008
  • Original combination: Renetheo felli McKnight, 2003
  • Type locality: Near the Kermadec Islands, to the north of New Zealand, NIWA station Z9044. 32.195°S 179.0917°W / -32.195; -179.0917. Depth 122–307 m.
  • Holotype: NIWA H­ 819
  • Paratypes: NIWA P­ 1370; NIWA P­ 1371
  • Etymology: named after Howard Barraclough Fell

Synonymy

• Renetheo felli McKnight, 2003

References

• 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 felli p. 7–9; Fig. 2 A, B, C, D, 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.  [as Ophiocanops felli, recombination]