Ophiambix devaneyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioscolecida

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: Ophioscolecida

Familia: Abyssuridae
Genus: Ophiambix
Species: Ophiambix devaneyi

Name

Ophiambix devaneyi Paterson, 1985

• ZooBank: C4F92CD6-15BE-492F-B8D2-5B22582BC279

• Type locality: R/V Pillsbury station 931; 15.533333°N 61.216667°W / 15.533333; -61.216667. Depth 146-494 m. East of Pagua Point, off Dominica Leeward. 15 Jul 1969.

• Holotype: USNM E35005 [1].

• Etymology: named after Dennis M. Devaney.

Synonymy

• Ophiambix devaneyi Paterson, 1985: 142–144, figs. 54, 57a–d; — Paterson & Baker, 1988: 1588–1589, figs. 1a–f, 2e, 4; — Solís-Marín et al., 2014: 961–963, fig. 1.

References

• 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. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. & Baker, A.N. 1988. A revision of the genus Ophiambix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) including the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 22(6): 1579–1590. DOI: 10.1080/00222938800770991 Reference page. 
• Solís-Marín, F.A., Laguarda-Figueras, A., Durán-González, A., Arriaga-Ochoa, J.A., Caballero-Ochoa, A.A., Valdés-de Anda, M. 2014. First record and geographic distribution of Ophiambix devaneyi (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the Gulf of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 85(3): 961–964. DOI: 10.7550/rmb.40315 Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiambix devaneyi Paterson, 1985 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on December 21, 2025