Ophiolepis aemulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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: Amphilepidida Subordo: Ophionereidina Superfamilia: Ophiolepidoidea

Familia: Ophiolepididae
Genus: Ophiolepis
Species: Ophiolepis aemulata

Name

Ophiolepis aemulata Pineda-Enríquez et al., 2017: 2050–2054, figs. 1–3

• ZooBank: BD9E2907-5790-498B-8BBF-1E5AE53E6925

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Australia, Northern Territory, off Port Darwin, 12.4919°S 130.894°E / -12.4919; 130.894.

• Holotype: USNM 1224609 [1].

• Paratype: USNM E 40093 [2].

References

• Pineda-Enríquez, T., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Solís-Marín, F.A., Laguarda-Figueras, A., O’Hara, T.D. 2017. New species of the genus Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98(8): 2049–2065. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315417001503 . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiolepis aemulata Pineda-Enriquez et al., 2018 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 16, 2026