Ophiarachnella septemspinosa

Ophiarachnella septemspinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophiarachnella
Species: Ophiarachnella septemspinosa

Name

Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

• Original combination: Ophiarachna septemspinosa Müller & Troschel, 1842

• Type locality: Moluccas, Indonesia.

Synonymy

• Ophiarachna septemspinosa Müller & Troschel, 1842: 105–106.
• Pectinura septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Lyman, 1882: 17; — Döderlein, 1896: 282.
• Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842) H.L. Clark, 1909: 126; — H.L. Clark, 1938: 349–350; — Olbers, Samyn & Griffiths, 2015: 110–111, pl. 9(A–B); — Boissin et al., 2016: 289, fig. 5e.

References

• Boissin, E., Hoareau, T.B., Paulay, G. & Bruggemann, J.H. 2016. Shallow-water reef ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of Réunion (Mascarene Islands), with biogeographic considerations. Zootaxa 4098(2): 273–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.4.Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific Echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 52(7): 107–135. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Döderlein, L. 1896. Bericht über die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Ophiuroidea. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 277–300, pls 14–18. BHL. Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Olbers, J.M., Samyn, Y. & Griffiths, C.L. 2015. New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. African Natural History 11(1): 83–116. DOI: 10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3 Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 10, 2026

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