Squamophis amamiensis

Squamophis amamiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida
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: Euryalida

Familia: Euryalidae
Genus: Squamophis
Species: Squamophis amamiensis

Name

Squamophis amamiensis (Okanishi & Fujita, 2009) Okanishi, O’Hara & Fujita, 2011

original combination: Asteroschema amamiense Okanishi & Fujita, 2009

Type locality: off Kado, Amami-oshima island, southwestern Japan; 167-168m.

Holotype: NSMT E-5625

Paratype: NSMT E-5626

Synonymy

• Asteroschema amamiense Okanishi & Fujita, 2009

References

• Okanishi, M., Fujita, T. 2009. A New Species of Asteroschema (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Asteroschematidae) from Southwestern Japan. Species Diversity. 14(2): 115–129. PDF Reference page.  [original description of Asteroschema amamiense p. 120–125]
• Okanishi, M., O’Hara, T.D. & Fujita, T. 2011. A new genus Squamophis of Asteroschematidae (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida) from Australia. ZooKeys 129: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.129.1202 . Reference page.  [as Squamophis amamiensis p. 6, nov. comb.]