Ophioderma guineense

Ophioderma guineense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophioderma
Species: Ophioderma guineense

Name

• Ophioderma guineense Greeff, 1882
  • Type locality: TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN • West Africa, Gulf of Guinea, Islands Sao Tomé and Rolas; cliffs at low tide.
  • Lectotype: ZMH E8315 designated by Stöhr et al. (2020)

Synonymy

• Ophioderma longicauda var. guineense Greeff, 1882
  • O. guineense lowered at variety rank by Koehler (1914)
  • Raised back at species rank by Stöhr et al. (2020)

References

• Greeff, R. 1882. Echinodermen beobachtet auf einer Reise nach der Guinea-Insel Sao-Thomé. Zoologischer Anzeiger 105: 114-120, 135-139, 156-159. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophioderma guineense p. 156 (original description)]
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1914. Echinoderma I. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea et Echinoidea. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. 1: 127-303, pls 4-15. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophioderma longicauda var. guineense p. 173–175]
• Mortensen, T. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports. 12: 199–348, pls. 1–9. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophioderma longicauda var. guineense p. 301]
• Stöhr, S., Weber, A.A.-T., Boissin, E. & Chenuil, A. 2020. Resolving the Ophioderma longicauda (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) cryptic species complex: five sisters, three of them new. European Journal of Taxonomy. 600: 1–37. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.600 Reference page.  [as Ophioderma guineense p. 13-18, figs. 4-6 (redescription and lectotype designation)]