Ophioplocus bispinosus

Ophioplocus bispinosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea

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: Amphilepidida Subordo: Ophionereidina Superfamilia: Ophiolepidoidea

Familia: Hemieuryalidae
Genus: Ophioplocus
Species: Ophioplocus bispinosus

Name

Ophioplocus bispinosus H.L. Clark, 1918

• Type locality: Westernport, Philip Island, Victoria, Australia.

• Holotype: MCZ OPH-4025 [1]

• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-4054 [2]; MCZ OPH-4211 [3]

Synonymy

• Ophioceres bispinosus (H.L. Clark, 1918) Baker & Devaney, 1981 (reinstalled within Ophioplocus by Thomas (1975))

References

• Baker, A.N.; Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 105(4): 155–178. BHL full article (PDF) Reference page.  [as Ophioceres bispinosusp. 157–158, figs. 1-3, 5, 14-17, recombination ]
• 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.  [p. 177]
• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 62(6): 263-338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Ophioplocus bispinosus p. 337–338, pl. 4 fig. 2]
• O’Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 50(2): 287–305. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.04 Reference page.  [as Ophioplocus bispinosus p. 293]
• Thomas, L.P. 1975. The systematic relationships of Ophioplocus, Ophioceramis and Ophioceres (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of Marine Science. 25(2): 232–247 figs 1–3. Online Reference page.  [source of synonymy]