Ophionereis andamanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophionereidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Amphilepidida Subordo: Ophionereidina Superfamilia: Ophionereidoidea

Familia: Ophionereididae
Genus: Ophionereis
Subgenus: Ophionereis (Ophiotriton)
Species: Ophionereis (Ophiotriton) andamanensis

Name

Ophionereis andamanensis James, 1982

• Type locality: Port Blair, South Andamans.

• Holotype: ZSI E1788/1.

• Paratype: ZSI E1789/1.

Synonymy

• Ophionereis andamanensis James, 1982: 33–35, figs. 1–2.
• Ophionereis (Ophiotriton) andamanensis James, 1982; — O'Hara & Thuy, 2025: 78.

References

• James, D.B. 1982. Studies on Indian echinoderms - 9. Ophionereis andamanensis sp. nov. (Ophiuroidea: Ophionereidae) from Port Blair, Andamans. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 24(1–2): 33–35. PDF. Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page.