Ophiotreta rufescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiotomidae
Genus: Ophiotreta
Species: Ophiotreta rufescens

Name

Ophiotreta rufescens (Koehler, 1896)

• Original combination: Ophiacantha rufescens Koehler, 1896

• Type locality: West of Azores. 38.516667°N 29.158333°W / 38.516667; -29.158333, depth 845 m.

• Note:: Synonymised by Stöhr (2011: 20) with Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879). Reinstated by O'Hara & Thuy (2025: 67).

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha rufescens Koehler, 1896: 249–250.
• Ophiacantha valenciennesi var. rufescens Koehler, 1896; — Mortensen, 1933: 36–37, fig. 21a–e.
• Ophiacantha valenciennesi rufescens Koehler, 1896; — Paterson: 1985: 49–50, fig. 21.
• Ophiotreta valenciennesi rufescens (Koehler, 1896); — Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005: 392.
• Ophiotreta rufescens (Koehler, 1896) O'Hara & Thuy, 2025: 67.

References

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1896c. Note préliminaire sur les ophiures des premières campagnes de la Princesse Alice. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 241–253. BHL Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL 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. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. 2011. New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3089: 1-50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3089.1.1 Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. & Segonzac, M. 2005. Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(2): 383–402. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011318h . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiotreta rufescens (Koehler, 1896) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 19, 2026