Ophiarachnella petersi

Ophiopeza petersi; Fig. 22, 23 and 24.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophiarachnella
Species: Ophiarachnella petersi

Name

Ophiarachnella petersi (Lyman, 1878)

Etymology: named after Wilhelm Peters

Transfered to genus Ophiarachnella by H.L. Clark, 1909: 125

Synonyms

• Ophiopeza petersi Lyman, 1878 (original combination)

References

Primary references

• Clark, H.L. 1909. Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific Echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 52(7): 107–135. BHL Reference page.  [see page 125, recombination reference]
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 217 as Ophiopeza petersi, original description]

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 305]
• 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.  [as Ophiarachnella petersi p. 90]