Ophiomusa testudo

Ophiomusium testudo, figs. 35 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 testudo

Name

Ophiomusa testudo (Lyman, 1875)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium testudo Lyman, 1875
• Type locality: Hassler Expedition, off Sandy Bay Barbados. 13.0500000°N 59.583333°W / 13.0500000; -59.583333. Depth: 182 m.
• Holotype: MCZ OPH-485 [1].
• Paratype: MCZ OPH-4118 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium testudo Lyman, 1875: 8–9, pl. 1 figs. 6–8; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 94; — Baker, 2016: 22, figs. 35a–c.
• Ophiomusa testudo (Lyman, 1875) 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. 
• Lyman, T. 1875. Zoological Results of the Hassler Expedition. 2. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College. 8(2), 1-34, 5 pl. 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.