Ophiocrossota multispina

Ophiocrossota multispina

Ophiocrossota multispina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiocrossota
Species: Ophiocrossota multispina

Name

Ophiocrossota multispina (Ljungman, 1867)

• Original combination: Ophioglypha multispina Ljungman, 1867
• Type locality: Port Jackson, Sydney, New south Wales. 4–6 fms.

Synonymy

• Ophioglypha multispina Ljungman, 1867: 307–308; — Lyman, 1878: 99; — Lyman, 1882: 41.
• Ophiura multispina (Ljungman, 1867) Meissner, 1901: 925; — Matsumoto, 1915: 81; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 322, pl. 19 figs. 1–2.
• Ophiocrossota heteracantha H.L. Clark, 1928: 451–453, figs. 136a–b; — Downey, 1969: 110.
  • ZooBank: EB690363-7127-42D8-ADB6-C2DD31568E6C
  • Type locality: St. Vincent & Spencer Gulf, South Australia
  • Holotype: SAMA K258 [1] [formely E484].
  • Paratypes: MCZ OPH-4705 [2]; MCZ OPH-4817 [3].
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1946: 267).
• Ophiocrossota multispina (Ljungman, 1867) H.L. Clark, 1946: 267–268; — Baker, 1982: 433, fig. 10:16a; — O’Hara, 1990: 290.

References

• Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars, Class Ophiuroidea. Pp. 418–437. In Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part 1. Government Printer: Adelaide.Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1915a. 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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum 3(4): 361–482. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. 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. 
• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(7): 65–168. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

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