Ophiobyrsa intorta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

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: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiobyrsidae
Genus: Ophiobyrsa
Species: Ophiobyrsa intorta

Name

Ophiobyrsa intorta (Koehler, 1922)

• Original combination: Ophiobyrsella intorta Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: 359981D5-B909-4475-AC89-EBFFFCC3C35D

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Mindanao Sea, Philippines, north of Butuan Bay, 9.4°N 125.2°E / 9.4; 125.2, depth 1346 m.

• Holotype: USNM E 331 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiobyrsella intorta Koehler, 1922: 27–29, pl. 4(2–5), pl. 92(4); — Downey, 1969: 96.
• Ophiobyrsa intorta (Koehler, 1922) A.M. Clark, 1965: 39–40; — Mills & O’Hara, 2013: 427–428, figs. 11–12.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1965. Japanese and other ophiuroids from the collections of the Munich museum. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 13(2): 39–71 BHL. Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin 100(5): 1–486. BHL Reference page. 
• Mills, V.S. & O’Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613(5): 401–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.5.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiobyrsa intorta Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 03, 2025