Abyssura brevibrachia

Abyssura brevibrachia, dorsal view.

Abyssura brevibrachia, ventral view.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioscolecida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa 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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophioscolecida

Familia: Abyssuridae
Genus: Abyssura
Species: Abyssura brevibrachia

Name

Abyssura brevibrachia Belyaev & Litvinova, 1976

• Type locality: Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, RV Vityaz, cruise 14, St. 2208, 22.06.1953, Sigsbee trawl, 49.483333°N 158.683333°E / 49.483333; 158.683333, 7210–7230 m.

Synonymy

• Abyssura brevibrachia Belyaev & Litvinova, 1976: 128–129, figs. 1, 5(1–2); — Mironov et al., 2019: 8, fig. 4C; — Martynov & Korshunova, 2025: figs. A–B.

References

• Belyaev, G.M. & Litvinova, N.M. 1976. The new and rare ophiuroid species from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Akademija nauk CCCP 99: 126–139. Reference page. 
• Martynov, A.V. & Korshunova T.A. 2025. The Enigmatic Hadal Ophiuroid Has Found Its Place: A New Family Abyssuridae Links Ultra-Abyssal and Shallow-Water Fauna. Diversity 17(12): 1–17. DOI: 10.3390/d17120827 . Reference page. 
• Mironov, A.N., Dilman, A.B., Gebruk, A.V. , Kremenetskaia, A., Minin, K.V., Smirnov, I.S. 2019. Echinoderms of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. Progress in Oceanography. 179: 102217. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102217 . Reference page. 

Links

• Abyssura brevibrachia Belyaev & Litvinova, 1976 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on December 17, 2025

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