Ophioderma occultum

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 occultum

Name

Ophioderma occultum Humara-Gil et al., 2022

• Type locality: Mexico, Gulf of California, Baja California Sur, Punta Pichilingue. 24.285°N 110.334°E / 24.285; 110.334. Depth 0.5–2.5 m

• Holotype: ICML-UNAM 18429.

• Paratypes: ICML-UNAM 18430; ICML-UNAM 18431; ICML-EMU 12867; ICML-EMU 12868.

Synonymy

• Ophioderma occultum Humara-Gil et al., 2022: 374–376, figs. 1–3; — Humara-Gil et al., 2025, fig. 2.

References

• Humara-Gil, K.J., Granja–Fernández, R., Bautista-Guerrero, E., Rodríguez-Troncoso, A.P. 2022. Overlooked for over a century: Ophioderma occultum sp. nov. (Echinodermata), a new species of brittle star from the Eastern Pacific. Journal of Natural History. 56(5–8): 365–384. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2071179 . Reference page. 
• Humara-Gil, K.J., Granja–Fernández, R., Bautista-Guerrero, E., Solís-Marín, F.A., Rodríguez-Troncoso, A.P. 2025. On Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) coming of age: morphological variations in three eastern Pacific species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 105: e49. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315425000396 . Reference page.