Ophiomusa acufera

Ophiomusa acufera

Ophiomusa acufera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina
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 Suborder Ophiomusina

Familia: Ophiomusaidae
Genus: Ophiomusa
Species: Ophiomusa acufera

Name

Ophiomusa acufera (Lyman, 1875)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium acuferum Lyman, 1875.
• Type locality: Off Sandy Bay, Barbados. 13.0500000°N 59.583333°W / 13.0500000; -59.583333. Depth 177–219 m.
• Holotype: MCZ OPH-427 [1].
• Paratypes: MCZ OPH-424 [2]; MCZ OPH-4125 [3]; MCZ OPH-858 [4]; MNHN-IE-2013-10284 [5]; NRM Type-5238; YPM IZ 005076.EC [6]; ZMB Echinodermata 5261 [7].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium acuferum Lyman, 1875: 7–8, pl. 1 figs. 1–5; 1878: 108; 1883: 246–247; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 329; 1941: 92; — Borges & Campos, 2011: 220–222, figs. 1–5; — Borges, Alitto & Amaral, 2015: 368, figs. 13–15; — Baker, 2016: 4, figs. 1a–c.
• Ophiomusium sculptum Verrill, 1899: 16–17, pl. 2 fig. 2, pl. 8 fig. 2; — H.L. Clark, 1900: 244.
  • Synonymised by Baker (2016: 4).
  • Type locality: Off Havana. Depth 110–260 fms.
  • Syntype: YPM IZ 009895.EC [8].
• Ophiomusa acufera (Lyman, 1875) O’Hara et al., 2018: 9.

References

• Baker, A.N. 2016. An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera Ophiomusium Lyman and Ophiosphalma H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 4097(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Borges, M. Campos, L. de S. 2011. Ophiomusium acuferum (Ophiolepididae) and Ophiomisidium pulchellum (Ophiuridae) (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata), redescription based on the Brazilian specimens. Zoologia (Curitiba) 28(2): 219–225. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702011000200010 Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1900. The Echinoderms of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 20(2): 233–263. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1875. Zoological Results of the Hassler Expedition. 2. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College. 8(2), 1-34, 5 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(7): 65–168. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 10(6), 227-287. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page.