Ophiopteron gratum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiothricidae
Genus: Ophiopteron
Species: Ophiopteron gratum

Name

Ophiopteron gratum Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: E210B68F-2DBE-4C12-8514-0997B09E2BC8

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Sulu Archipelago, 5.3819°N 120.263°E / 5.3819; 120.263, depth 62 m.

• Holotype: USNM 41307 [1].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Macrophiothrix martensi (Lyman, 1874).

Synonymy

• Ophiopteron gratum Koehler, 1922: 302–305, pl. 60(3–4), pl. 103(2); — Downey, 1969: 180.

References

• 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. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin 100(5): 1–486. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiopteron gratum Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 11, 2025