Ophiomusa trychna

Ophiomusium trychnum, fig. 37 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 trychna

Name

Ophiomusa trychna (H.L. Clark, 1911) Hertz, 1927

• Original combination: Ophiomusium trychnum H.L. Clark, 1911
• Type locality: Albatross station 5069. Off Ose Saki, Suruga Gulf, Japan.35.0528°N 138.783°E / 35.0528; 138.783. Depth: 198–240 m.
• Holotype: USNM E25646 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium trychnum H.L. Clark, 1911: 109–111, fig. 40; — Matsumoto, 1917: 290, fig. 78; — Irimura, 1981: 41; — Baker, 2016: 24, figs. 37a–c.
• Ophiomusa trychna (H.L. Clark, 1911) 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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. 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. 
• Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans from Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 26(1–3): 15–49. DOI: 10.5134/176023 Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. 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.