Ophiolimna antarctica

Ophiolimna antarctica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiolimna
Species: Ophiolimna antarctica

Name

Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879) Matsumoto, 1915

Original combination: Ophioconis antarctica Lyman, 1879

ZooBank: 31589369-23AC-46F2-8A66-8B1ADDE0145C

Type locality: Challenger: station 150, 150 fathoms

Syntypes: MCZ OPH-164; MCZ OPH-165; MCZ OPH-239.

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha polaris Koehler, 1901

Ophiolimna polaris (Koehler, 1901) Koehler, 1922

Syntype: MNHN-IE-2013-10275

Synonymy: Hertz, 1927

• Ophioconis antarctica Lyman, 1879

Ophiacantha antarctica (Lyman, 1879) Mortensen, 1936 (non Ophiacantha antarctica Koehler, 1901)

Toporkovia antarctica (Lyman, 1879) Fell, 1961

• Ophioconis papillata H.L. Clark, 1911

Ophiolimna papillata (H.L. Clark, 1911) Matsumoto, 1915

Holotype: USNM 25643

Type locality: Albatross: station 2842, off Aleutian Islands, 54°15'N 166°3'W. Depth: 72 fathoms, pebbles, bottom temperature 41°.

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-2984; MCZ OPH-2985; MCZ OPH-3310; MCZ OPH-3311; USNM 26099; USNM 26126; USNM 26592; USNM 26100; USNM 25677; USNM 33642.

Synonymy: O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006

• Toporkovia fragilis Djakonov, 1954

Toporkovia antarctica fragilis Djakonov, 1954 (lowered at subspecies rank by Belyaev & Ivanov, 1961)

Synonymy: O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006

References

• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43-92. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 84, recombination reference for Ophiolimna papillata and for Ophiolimna antarctica]
• Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(2): 17–84. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 44-45 as Ophioconis antarctica, original description]

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• Baker, A.N. 1977. Some Deep-sea Ophiuroidea from New Zealand. National Museum of New Zealand records. 1(10): 149-160. Reference page.  [see pages 159-160 as Toporkovia antarctica]
• Bell, F.J. 1908. Echinoderma. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History, Zoology. 4: 1-16, 5 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 14 as Ophioconis antarctica]
• Belyaev, G.M. & Ivanov, B.G. 1961. On the bipolarity of ophiuroids ofthe genus Toporkovia Djakanov. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 40: 1258-1260, 1 map.
• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page.  [see page 28-30, original description of Ophioconis papillata]
• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 218as Ophioconis papillata]
• Djakonov, A.M. 1954. Ophiuroids of the USSR Seas. Tabl. anal. Faune USSR (Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1967); Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva-Leningrad. 55: 1-136, 47 figs, 1 pl. Reference page.  [original description of Toporkovia fragilis]
• 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.  [see pages 106-107as Ophioconis papillata]
• Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page.  [see pages 43-44, recombination reference for Toporkovia antarctica]
• Hertz, M.C. 1927. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 19. Zoologie. 11: 1-54. Reference page.  [see page 40 as Ophioconis antarctica and source of synonymy for Ophiacantha polaris]
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1901 [1902]. Zoologie - Échinides et Ophiures. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 : sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du gouvernement belge, sous la direction de la Commission de la Belgica. R1: 1-42. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 32-35, original description of Ophiacantha polaris]
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1912. Echinodermes (Asteries, Ophiures et Echinides). Deuxième Expèdition Antarctique Francaise 1908-1910 J. Charcot. Masson et cie, Paris. 1-277. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 137-138 as Ophiacantha polaris]
• 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.  [see page 66, recombination reference for Ophiolimna polaris]
• Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1-408. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 101 as Ophiolimna papillata]
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports. 12: 199-348, pls. 1-9. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 254-255, recombination reference for Ophiacantha antarctica (Lyman, 1879)]
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. In: Richer de Forges, B. et al.. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 193: 33-141. ResearchGate Reference page.  [see pages 65-67, source of synonymy for Ophioconis papillata and for Toporkovia fragilis]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173257 on 2020-07-18

• BHL bibliography
• Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist
• Ophiolimna antarctica – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiolimna antarctica.
• ION

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