Ophiomusa breve

Ophiomusa breve, figs. 4a–b

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 breve

Name

Ophiomusa breve (H.L. Clark, 1939)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium breve H.L. Clark, 1939

• ZooBank: 7727F1F3-DC40-45E1-99A2-6F7BBB8F1676

• Type locality: John Murray Expedition 1933-34, station 105, off Zanzibar, depth: 238–293m.

• Holotype: BMNH 1948.5.26.415 [1].

• Paratypes: BMNH 1948.5.26.414 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-6094 [3].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium breve H.L. Clark, 1939: 124–126, textfigs. 57–58; — Downey, 1969: 149.
• Ophiosphalma breve (H.L. Clark, 1939) Baker, 2016: 27, figs. 4a–b.
• Ophiomusa breve (H.L. Clark, 1939) 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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Ophiomusa breve (H.L. Clark, 1939)9 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 16, 2026