Ophiomastus biocalae

Ophiomastus biocalae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Ophiomastus
Species: Ophiomastus biocalae

Name

Ophiomastus biocalae (Vadon, 1991)

• Type locality: New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge. 22.664783°S 166.439590°E / -22.664783; 166.439590, depth 1618–1740 m.

• Holotype: MNHN-IE-2013-10169 [1].

• Paratype: MNHN-IE-2013-10170 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiopyrgus biocalae Vadon, 1991: 344–345, figs. 7–8, 21–22.
• Ophiomastus biocalae (Vadon, 1991) O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 24.

References

• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Vadon, C. 1991. Echinodermata: Ophiuridae profonds de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Formes paedomorphes. In A. Crosnier (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 151(1): 335–356. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiomastus biocalae (Vadon, 1991) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 01, 2026

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