Ophioplinthus divisa

Ophioplinthus divisa; Figs. 10-12.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Ophioplinthus
Species: Ophioplinthus divisa

Name

Ophioplinthus divisa (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Original combination: Ophioglypha divisa Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Syntypes: MCZOPH-580 [1]; USNM 19477 [2]; USNM 19476 [3].

Synonymy

• Ophioglypha divisa Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 127–131, pl. 4 figs. 10–12, pl. 5 figs. 1–2; — Downey, 1969: 120.
• Homalophiura divisa (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) H.L. Clark, 1915: 326.
• Ophiura divisa (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Paterson, 1985: 136.
• Ophioplinthus divisa (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Martynov & Litvinova, 2008: 88.

References

• 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. 
• 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. 
• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page. 
• Martynov, A. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066 Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page.