Ophionereis boucheti

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) boucheti

Name

Ophionereis boucheti O'Hara & Thuy, 2025: 75–78, fig. 27

• ZooBank: AD90A98A-774C-4160-A88F-55FC5376642F

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Walters shoal, Zone sommitale Sud, depth 26 m.

• Holotype: MNHN-IE-2016-1342.

• Paratype: MNHN-IE-2023-4170.

• Etymology: named after Philippe Bouchet.

References

• 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. 

Links

• Ophionereis (Ophiotriton) boucheti O'Hara & Thuy, 2025 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 20, 2026