Ophiolebes paulensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

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: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiolebes
Species: Ophiolebes paulensis

Name

Ophiolebes paulensis O’Hara & Thuy, 2022

• ZooBank: F57E6CCA-DD72-4FED-80BB-439479B0C13D

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, north-east of Île Amsterdam. 37.786667°S 77.649667°E / -37.786667; 77.649667. Depth 1680–1940 m.

• Holotype: MNHN-IE-2009-1566 [1].

• Paratype: MNHN-IE-2009-1567 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiolebes paulensis O’Hara & Thuy, 2022: 24–26, figs. 9A–C , 10A–P; — O'Hara & Thuy, 2025: 55–57, fig. 20a–c.

References

• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2022. Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5124(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1 Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiolebes paulensis O'Hara & Thuy, 2022 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 19, 2026