Ophiactis muelleri

Ophiactis muelleri

Ophiactis muelleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiactidae
Genus: Ophiactis
Species: Ophiactis muelleri

Name

Ophiactis muelleri Lütken, 1856

• ZooBank: 01618685-1DD5-4C37-8C96-E5465CDAF25F

• Type locality: Caribbean Sea.

• Syntypes: NHMD107665 [1]; ZMB Collection Echinodermata 917 [2]; ZMB Collection Echinodermata 918 [3].

Synonymy

• Ophiactis mülleri Lütken, 1856: 12–13; — Lütken, 1859: 229–230; — Lyman, 1879: 41; — Rathbun, 1879: 153; — H.L. Clark, 1918: 310; — Mortensen, 1933: 445–449.
• Ophiactis cyanosticta H.L. Clark, 1918: 307–308, pl. 4(3–4); — Downey, 1969: 84–85.
  • Synonymised by Mortensen (1933: 447).

References

• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle-Stars, New and Old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(6): 263–338, 8 pl. 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. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854–56: 1–19. BHL [In Danish] Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1859. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 5: 177-271, 5 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(2): 17–84. BHL Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. The echinoderms of St. Helena (Other than crinoids). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXVI. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 401-473; pl. XX-XXII. PDF Reference page. 
• Rathbun, R. 1879. A List of the Brazilian Echinoderms, with Notes on their Distribution, etc. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 139–158. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiactis muelleri Lütken, 1856 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 26, 2026

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