Ophiopyrgus bakeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Ophiopyrgus
Species: Ophiopyrgus bakeri

Name

Ophiopyrgus bakeri (McKnight, 2003)

• Original combination: Amphiophiura bakeri McKnight, 2003

• ZooBank: F803A597-BF47-4463-A6E7-C08CF8D289CC

• Type locality: New Zealand, 35.14°S 169.473333°E / -35.14; 169.473333, depth 866 m.

• Holotype: NIWA 3346 [H820].

• Paratype: NIWA 3445 [P­1372].

• Etymology: named after Alan N. Baker.

Synonymy

• Amphiophiura bakeri McKnight, 2003: 9–12, fig. 3A–D.
• Ophiopyrgus bakeri (McKnight, 2003) O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 24.

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. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiopyrgus bakeri (McKnight, 2003) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on December 31, 2025