Ophiomusa ligata

Ophiomusium ligatum, fig. 17a–b.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina

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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Suborder Ophiomusina

Familia: Ophiomusaidae
Genus: Ophiomusa
Species: Ophiomusa ligata

Name

Ophiomusa ligata (Koehler, 1922)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium ligatum Koehler

• ZooBank: 1C24A155-FD8C-4C91-923A-3E85E7B86186

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Northern Samar, NW of Batag Island. 12.745°N 124.997°E / 12.745; 124.997, depth 700 m.

• Lectotype: USNM E80 [1].

• Paralectotype: USNM E81 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium ligatum Koehler: 408–410, pl. 90(3–5); — Downey, 1969: 153; — Baker, 2016: 12, figs. 17a–b.
• Ophiomusa ligata (Koehler, 1922) 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. 
• 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. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin 100(5): 1–486. 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

• Ophiomusium ligatum Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 09, 2025

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