Ophioderma elaps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea
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: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophioderma
Species: Ophioderma elaps

Name

Ophioderma elaps Lütken, 1856

ZooBank: 84534B77-135D-46FC-AD4E-59888C08ACEB

Type locality: Caribbean Sea.

Synonymy

Ophioderma elaps Lütken, 1856: 19; — Lütken, 1859: 189, 195–196; — Dujardin & Hupé, 1862: 232; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 301; — A.H. Clark, 1921: 43.
Ophiura elaps (Lütken, 1856) Lyman, 1865: 10; —Lyman, 1882: 11, pl. 37(1–3), pl. 46(3).
Ophioderma clypeata Koehler, 1914: 7–8, pl. 18(2, 6); — Downey, 1969: 115.
Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1915: 301.)

References

Clark, A.H. 1921. Report on the Ophiurans collected by the Barbaos-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 9(5): 29-63. BHL 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.
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.
Dujardin, F. & Hupé, L.H. 1862. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes échinodermes : comprenant la description des crinoïdes, des ophiurides, des astérides, des échinides et des holothurides. Paris: Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret. 627 pages, 10 plates. hdl: 1908/3605 BHL Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1914. A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 84: 1–173. BHL Reference page.
Lyman, T. 1865. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, No. 1: Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. viii+200 pp.; pl. I–II; fig. 1–19. 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.
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.

Links

Astrophyton elaps Lütken, 1859 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 04, 2026