Ophiopyrgus spatulifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Ophiopyrgus
Species: Ophiopyrgus spatulifera

Name

Ophiopyrgus spatulifera (Koehler, 1922)

• Original combination: Amphiophiura spatulifera Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: BC0E0CAD-5571-4B0B-9F94-518D2C3B432A

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Lubang Island, Sala Point, 13.9583°N 120.057°E / 13.9583; 120.057, depth 960 m.

• Lectotype: USNM 41074 [1].

• Paralectotype: USNM 41075 [2].

Synonymy

• Amphiophiura spatulifera Koehler, 1922: 365–368, pl. 82(5–8, 13).
• Ophiopyrgus spatulifera (Koehler, 1922) O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 24.

References

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Ophiopyrgus spatulifera (Koehler, 1922) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 04, 2026