Ophiomusa testudo

Ophiomusium testudo, figs. 35 a–c.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Ophiuroidea
Subclasse: Myophiuroidea
Infraclasse: Metophiurida
Superordo: Euryophiurida
Ordo: Ophiurida
Suborder Ophiomusina

Familia: Ophiomusaidae
Genus: Ophiomusa
Species: Ophiomusa testudo

Name

Ophiomusa testudo (Lyman, 1875)

  • Original combination: Ophiomusium testudo Lyman, 1875
  • Type locality: Hassler Expedition, off Sandy Bay Barbados. 13°03′00″N 59°35′00″W / 13.0500000°N 59.583333°W / 13.0500000; -59.583333. Depth: 182 m.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-485 .
  • Paratype: MCZ OPH-4118 .

Synonymy

  • Ophiomusium testudo Lyman, 1875: 8–9, pl. 1 figs. 6–8; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 94; — Baker, 2016: 22, figs. 35a–c.
  • Ophiomusa testudo (Lyman, 1875) O’Hara et al., 2018: 9.

References

  • Baker, A.N. 2016. An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera Ophiomusium Lyman and Ophiosphalma H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 4097(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1 Open access Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
  • Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page. 
  • Lyman, T. 1875. Zoological Results of the Hassler Expedition. 2. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College. 8(2), 1-34, 5 pl. BHL Reference page. 
  • O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Open access Reference page. 
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