Ophiosphalma elegans

Ophiosphalma elegans. Fig. 48 a-b.

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: Ophiosphalmidae
Genus: Ophiosphalma
Species: Ophiosphalma elegans

Name

Ophiosphalma elegans (Koehler, 1897) Guille & Vadon, 1986

• • Original combination: Ophiomusium elegans Koehler, 1897

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium elegans Koehler, 1897

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. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. 6: 29-136. BHL.Reference page. 
• Guille, A., Vadon, C. 1986. Ophiuridae l'océan Indien profond. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 3: 167-188. Reference page.  [recombination reference]
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1897. Echinodermes recueillis par “l'Investigator” dans l'Ocean Indien. I. Les Ophiures de mer profonde. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie serie 8. 4: 277–372, pl. 5–9. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiomusium elegans p. 305–307 (original description)]