Ophiomusa faceta

Ophiomusium facetum, figs. 10a–b.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 faceta
Subspecies: O. f. faceta – O. f. madecassia

Name

Ophiomusa faceta (Koehler, 1922)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium facetum Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: 7DB79675-05AD-47EB-9D6C-FA7ABD802C01

• Type locality: Off mouth of Gulf of Panay. Philippines. 10.0458°N 121.804°E / 10.0458; 121.804, depth: 1752 m.

• Lectotype: USNM 41370 [1].

• Paralectotypes: USNM 41368 [2]; USNM 41369 [3]; USNM 41371 [4]; USNM 41372 [5].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium facetum Koehler, 1922: 394–398, pl. 91(1–5); — Downey, 1969: 150; — Guille, 1981; — Baker, 2016: 10, figs. 10a–b.
• Ophiomusa faceta (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. 
• Guille, A. 1981. Échinodermes: Ophiurides. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM: 1. Philippines (18-28 Mars 1976). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls. PDF. 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

• Ophiomusa faceta (Koehler, 1922) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 07, 2025

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