Ophioplus tuberculosus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Ophioplus tuberculosus (Lyman, 1883) Verrill, 1899

Type locality: Station 203, Martinique. Depth: 96 fms.

Holotype: MCZ OPH-2697

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-2737; OPH-2738; OPH-4073

Original combination: Hemieuryale tuberculosa Lyman, 1883

Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 10(6), 227-287. BHL Reference page. [see page 276, original description; plate VIII figs. 123-127]
Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page. [see page 71, recombination reference; plate I figs. 1, 1a-1b]

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 192]
Clark, A.H. 1921. Report on the Ophiurans collected by the Barbaos-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 9(5): 29-63. BHL Reference page. [see page 40]
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. [see page 57, as Hemieuryale tuberculosa]
Verrill, A.E. 1899. North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(7): 301–371. BHL Reference page. [see page 365, plate XLIII figs. 6-6d]

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