Neoplax crassipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiomyxidae
Genus: Neoplax
Species: Neoplax crassipes

Name

Neoplax crassipes Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: 6C7DAB35-96CD-4133-9FA4-6FC0C0B0C1F3

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, China Sea, Philippines, west of Fortune Island, 14.0847°N 120.329°E / 14.0847; 120.329, depth 24–27 m.

• Holotype: USNM E 193 [1].

Synonymy

• Neoplax crassipes Koehler, 1922: 22–24, pl. 2(1–3); — Downey, 1969: 60.

References

• 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. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin 100(5): 1–486. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Neoplax crassipes Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 02, 2025