Ophiolepis buitronae

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 buitronae

Name

Ophiolepis buitronae Pineda-Enríquez et al., 2017: 2056–2060, figs. 4–6

• ZooBank: 5CCA5052-9010-43CE-8702-BB6982181388

• Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, 19.306667°N 96.154033°W / 19.306667; -96.154033, depth 7–10 m.

• Holotype: ICML-UNAM 3.122.56.

• Paratypes: ICML-UNAM 3.122.73; ICML-UNAM 3.122.55; LACM E.1999-9.19; LACM E.1987-60.22; MCZ:IZ:OPH-6259 [1]; UF 10269-Echinodermata; UF 13765-Echinodermata; USNM E 37706 [2].

• Etymology: named after Blanca Estela Margarita Buitrón-Sánchez.

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 buitronae Pineda-Enriquez et al., 2018 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 17, 2026