Ophiocomella pumila

Ophiocomella pumila

Ophiocomella pumila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiocomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Ophiocomoidea

Familia: Ophiocomidae
Genus: Ophiocomella
Species: Ophiocomella pumila

Name

Ophiocomella pumila (Lütken, 1856)

• Original combination: Ophiocoma pumila Lütken, 1856

• ZooBank: 74D05207-FA76-433C-85B2-65B51510D24C

• Type locality: Caribbean, Saint Thomas.

• Syntype: ZMB Collection Echinodermata 1819 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiocoma pumila Lütken, 1856: 13–14; — Lütken, 1859: 248–249, pl. 4(5); — H.L. Clark, 1900: 245; — H.L. Clark, 1921: 131; — Devaney, 1970: 28, figs. 16, 37, 40, 44.
• Ophiocomella pumila (Lütken, 1856) O’Hara et al., 2018: 72; — Madeira et al., 2019: 163.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1900. The Echinoderms of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 20(2): 233–263. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10 (Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 214): 1–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Devaney, D.M. 1970. Studies on Ophiocomid Brittlestars. I. A New Genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a Reevaluation of the Genus Ophiocoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 51: 1–41. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.51 Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854–56: 1–19. BHL [In Danish] Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1859. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 5: 177-271, 5 pl. 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Ophiocomella pumila (Lütken, 1856) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 29, 2026

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