Ophiomusa facunda

Ophiomusa facunda, dorsal view.

Ophiomusa facunda, ventral view.

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 facunda

Name

Ophiomusa facunda (Koehler, 1922)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium facundum Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: E9A91057-124B-4683-A322-31B626BD4A5E

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Camarines Sur, Luzon Island, Mompog Passage, Pinamuntangan Point, 13.2958°N 122.367°E / 13.2958; 122.367. Depth: 722 m.

• Lectotype: USNM 41360 [1].

• Paralectotypes: USNM 41357 [2]; USNM 41358 [3]; USNM 41359 [4]; USNM 41361 [5]; USNM 41362 [6]; USNM 41363 [7]; USNM 41364 [8]; USNM 41365 [9]; USNM 41366 [10]; USNM 41367 [11]; USNM E58 [12]; MNHN-IE-2013-10385 [13].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium facundum Koehler, 1922: 398–303, pl. 89(1–2, 5–6); — Downey, 1969: 151; — Liao & A.M. Clark, 1995; — Baker, 2016: 10, figs. 11a–b.
• Ophiomusa facunda (Koehler, 1922) Hertz, 1927; — 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. 
• Hertz, M.C. 1927b. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. I. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899. 22(3):59-122. 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. 
• Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The Echinoderms of Southern China. Science Press, Beijing. 614 pp. 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 facunda Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 07, 2025

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