Ophioplocus huttoni

Ophioplocus huttoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea

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: Amphilepidida Subordo: Ophionereidina Superfamilia: Ophiolepidoidea

Familia: Hemieuryalidae
Genus: Ophioplocus
Species: Ophioplocus huttoni

Name

• Ophioplocus huttoni Farquhar, 1899
  • Type locality: near Wellington, New Zealand
  • Etymology: named after Frederick Wollaston Hutton

Synonymy

• Ophioceres huttoni (Farquhar, 1899) Koehler, 1922
  • Synonymized by Thomas (1975)

References

• 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.  [as Ophioceres huttonip. 157, 158]
• Farquhar, H.A.R. 1899. Description of a new ophiuran. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 24: 187-189, pl. 15. BHL Reference page. 
• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page.  [as Ophioceres huttoni p. 68–69]
• 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.  [synonymy: p. 240-241, fig. 2]