Ophiomusa leptobrachia

Ophiomusium leptobrachium. Fig. 16 a-c.

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: Ophiomusaidae
Genus: Ophiomusa
Species: Ophiomusa leptobrachia

Name

Ophiomusa leptobrachia (H.L. Clark, 1941)

• original combination: Ophiomusium leptobrachium H.L. Clark, 1941
• Type locality: Atlantis Station 3363. Cuba, Oriente, off Puerto Cayo Moa. 20.7666666°N 74.983333°W / 20.7666666; -74.983333. Depth: 830 fms.
• Holotype: MCZ OPH-6235 [1].
• Paratype: MCZ OPH-6492 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium leptobrachium H.L. Clark, 1941: 95–96; — Downey, 1969: 152–153; — Baker, 2016: 12, figs. 16a–c.
• Ophiomusa leptobrachia (H.L. Clark, 1941) 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. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. 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.