Ophiectodia enopla
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Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiectodia
Species: Ophiectodia enopla
Name
[edit]Ophiectodia enopla (Verrill, 1885)
- Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean, United States, Massachusetts, southeast of Martha's Vineyard.
Synonymy
[edit]- Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885: 153; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 196.
- Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907: 41–43; — Koehler, 1909: 189–190, pl. 29 figs. 3–4; — Martynov & Litvinova, 2008: 96–97, fig. 11D; — Madeira et al., 2019: 37; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2022: 16–17, fig. 6A–B.
- Ophiacantha enopla enopla Verrill, 1885; — Paterson, 1985: 36–37, fig. 16.
- Ophiacantha enopla veterna Koehler, 1907; — Paterson, 1985: 37, fig. 16; — Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005: 392; — Stöhr, O'Hara & Thuy, 2012: fig. 2B.
- Ophiectodia enopla (Verrill, 1885) O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 40–41, fig. 14a–g.
References
[edit]- Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907. Note préliminaire sur quelques Astéries et Ophiures provenant des campagnes de la Princesse-Alice. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique de Monaco. 99: 1-47. BHL Reference page.
- Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1909b. Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (Astéries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoïdes). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco. 34: 1-317. BHL Reference page.
- 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. - Martynov, A. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066
Reference page. - O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2022. Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa. 5124(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1
Reference page. - 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. - 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.
- Verrill, A.E. 1885a. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England No. 11. American Journal of Science serie 3. 29(170): 149–157. BHL Reference page.
- Smirnov, I.S., Piepenburg, D., Ahearn, C., Juterzenka, K.V. 2014. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. 11(1): 192–209. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18
Reference page. - Stöhr, S.; O'Hara, T.D.; Thuy, B. 2012: Global diversity of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). PLoS ONE 7(3): e31940. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031940 Reference page.
- Stöhr, S. & Segonzac, M. 2005. Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(2): 383–402. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011318h
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Links
[edit]- Ophiectodia enopla (Verrill, 1885) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 17, 2026