Ophiambix kagutsuchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioscolecida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophioscolecida

Ophiambix kagutsuchi Okanishi et al., 2020

Type locality: R/V YOKOSUKA, DSV SHINKAI 6500, cruise YK17-17, Dive #1508, hydrothermal vent at Tarama Knoll (Yamanaka et al., 2015), Okinawa Trough, off Sakishima Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southwest of Japan, 25°05.4573′N, 124°32.7256′E, 1,730 m, 3 August 2017.

Paratypes: NSMT E-13069 [2]; NSMT E-13070 [3]; NSMT E-13072 [4]; NSMT E-13073 [5].

Ophiambix kagutsuchi Okanishi et al., 2020: 198–202, figs. 2–5; — Martynov & Korshunova, 2025: figs. 3(E1–E12).

Martynov, A.V. & Korshunova T.A. 2025. The Enigmatic Hadal Ophiuroid Has Found Its Place: A New Family Abyssuridae Links Ultra-Abyssal and Shallow-Water Fauna. Diversity 17(12): 1–17. DOI: 10.3390/d17120827 . Reference page.
Okanishi, M., Kato, M., Watanabe, H.K., Chen, C., Fujita, T. 2020. Large populations of two new species of Ophiambix (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) discovered on Japanese hot vents and cold seeps. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 68: 196–213. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0017 Reference page.