Ophiomastix occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiocomoidea

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 Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiocomoidea

Familia: Ophiocomidae
Genus: Ophiomastix
Species: Ophiomastix occidentalis

Name

• Ophiomastix occidentalis (H.L. Clark, 1938) O’Hara et al., 2018
  • Original combination: Ophiocoma occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Point Peron.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-5239 [1]
  • Paratypes: MCZ OPH-5241 [2]; MCZ OPH-5242 [3]; MCZ OPH-5245 [4]; MCZ OPH-5246 [5]; ZMUC OPH-000226; WAM Z1967; WAM Z1968; ZMA ECH.O.8946; USNM E6732 [6]

Synonymy

• Ophiocoma occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1938

References

• 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.  [as Ophiocoma occidentalis p. 334–337 (original description)]
• O’Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Cisternas, P.A., Boissin, E., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Sellanes, J., Paulay, G. & Byrne, M. 2018. Phylogenomics, life history and morphological evolution of ophiocomid brittlestars. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 67–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.003 Reference page.  [recombination]