Ophiambix kagutsuchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida

Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: Ophiambix
Species: Ophiambix kagutsuchi

Name

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

Holotype: NSMT E-13071 [1]

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

References

• 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.  [original description of Ophiambix kagutsuchi p. 198–202]