Ophiactis plana

Ophiactis loricata; Figs. 1 and 2.

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 plana

Name

• Ophiactis plana Lyman, 1869
  • Type locality: Off Carysfort Reef, Key Largo, Florida, Atlantic Ocean
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-1184 [1]
  • Paratypes: MCZ OPH-1185 [2]; MCZ OPH-4632 [3]
  • Syntype: MCZ OPH-1242 [4]

Note: H.L. Clark, 1918: 301 synonymised Ophiactis brachygenys H.L. Clark, 1911, Ophiactis flexuosa Lyman, 1879, Ophiactis perplexa Koehler, 1897 and Ophiactis profundi Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 with this species, then these synonymies have been rejected by Mortensen, 1924: 130

References

• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 264]
• 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.  [see p. 296, 298, 301–302]
• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. BHL.Reference page.  [as Ophiactis plana p. 75–76]
• Lyman, T. 1869. Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L.F. de Pourtales, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 309-354. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiactis plana p. 330, original description]
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page.  [as Ophiactis plana p. 24–25]
• Mortensen, T. 1924. Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition. XX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 91–177, pls 3, 4. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 130]
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. 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.  [as Ophiactis plana p. 345–346]
• 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.  [as Ophiactis plana p. 73–74, fig. 26k–m]