Ophiura anoidea

Ophiura anoidea

Ophiura anoidea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Subgenus: Ophiura (Dictenophiura)
Species: Ophiura anoidea

Name

Ophiura anoidea (H.L. Clark, 1923)

• Original combination: Dictenophiura anoidea H.L. Clark, 1923
• Type locality: False Bay. Depth: 22 fms.
• Holotype: SAM A6438.
• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-4382 [1]; MCZ OPH-4383 [2]; MCZ OPH-4384 [3]; MCZ OPH-4385 [4]; MCZ OPH-4386 [5]; MCZ OPH-4387 [6]; MCZ OPH-4423 [7].

Synonymy

• Dictenophiura anoidea H.L. Clark, 1923: 361–363, pl. 19 figs. 1–2; — Mortensen, 1933b: 388–390, figs. 86–87; 1936: 339; Downey, 1969: 55–56; A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 188, 125, 107, fig. 220; — Olbers et al., 2019: 90–92, figs. 68–69.
  • Dictenophiura lowered at subgenus rank by Mortensen (1933a: 81–82).
• Ophiura anoidea (H.L. Clark, 1923)

References

• Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. 1976. The echinoderms of Southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Natural History): 1–277 Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, pls VIII-XXIII. 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. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933b. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 215-400; pl. VIII-XIX PDF Reference page. 
• Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports. 12: 199–348, pls. 1–9. BHL Reference page. 
• Olbers, J.M., Griffiths, C.L., O’Hara, T.D., Samyn, Y. 2019. Field guide to the brittle and basket stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of South Africa. Abc Taxa. 19: 1–354. Online.Reference page.