Ophioplocus bispinosus

Ophioplocus bispinosus

Ophioplocus bispinosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Ophiolepidoidea

Familia: Hemieuryalidae
Genus: Ophioplocus
Species: Ophioplocus bispinosus

Name

Ophioplocus bispinosus H.L. Clark, 1918

• ZooBank: FB627F78-8098-4BFB-AF6C-66E6AC7A0E32

• Type locality: Westernport, Philip Island, Victoria, Australia, 38.461767°S 145.364085°E / -38.461767; 145.364085.

• Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4025 [1].

• Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4054 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-4211 [3].

Synonymy

• Ophioplocus bispinosus H.L. Clark, 1918: 337–338, pl. 4(2); — H.L. Clark, 1946: 276; — Downey, 1969: 177; — Thomas, 1975: 241; — O’Hara, 1990: 293.
• Ophioceres bispinosus (H.L. Clark, 1918) Baker & Devaney, 1981: 157–158, figs. 1–3, 5, 14–17; — Baker, 1982: 433, figs. 10, 16e–f.

References

• Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars, Class Ophiuroidea. Pp. 418–437. In Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part 1. Government Printer: Adelaide.Reference page. 
• Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155–178. BHL full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle-Stars, New and Old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(6): 263–338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 50(2): 287–305. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.04 Reference page. 
• Thomas, L.P. 1975. The systematic relationships of Ophioplocus, Ophioceramis and Ophioceres (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of Marine Science. 25(2): 232–247 figs 1–3. Online Reference page. 

Links

• Ophioplocus bispinosus H.L. Clark, 1918 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on March 10, 2026

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