Anthophiura granulata

Anthophiura granulata, dorsal view.

Anthophiura granulata, ventral view.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurida

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

Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: Anthophiura
Species: Anthophiura granulata

Name

Anthophiura granulata (H. L. Clark, 1939)

• Original combination: Ophiochorus granulatus H. L. Clark, 1939

• ZooBank: 0E929FF8-5C0E-461C-91EB-7F93D673ED69

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, central Arabian Sea, 9.11833333°N 55.4516666°E / 9.11833333; 55.4516666, depth 3840–3872 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 1948.5.26.279 [1].

• Paratype: AFH 532.1; BMNH 1948.5.26.277-278 [2]; BMNH 1948.5.26.280-286 [3]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-6064 [4]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-6065 [5]; MNHN-IE-2013-10364 [6]; USNM E 10572 [7].

Synonymy

• Ophiochorus granulatus H. L. Clark, 1939: 102–104, textfig. 43–44; — Downey, 1969: 101.
• Ophiochorus granulata H. L. Clark, 1939
• Anthophiura granulata (H. L. Clark, 1939) Belyaev & Litvinova, 1976: 131, pl. 6(5–6); — Guille & Vadon, 1986: 184, pl. 2(16–18); — Vadon, 1991: 348

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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. BHL.Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Guille, A. & Vadon, C. 1986. Ophiuridae l'océan Indien profond. Indo-Malayan Zoology 3: 167–188. Reference page. 
• Vadon, C. 1991. Echinodermata: Ophiuridae profonds de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Formes paedomorphes. In A. Crosnier (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 151(1): 335–356. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Anthophiura granulata (H.L. Clark, 1939) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 15, 2026

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