Ophiosphalma diomedeae

Ophiomusium diomedeae, figs. 1–3.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Suborder Ophiomusina

Familia: Ophiosphalmidae
Genus: Ophiosphalma
Species: Ophiosphalma diomedeae

Name

Ophiosphalma diomedeae (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

original combination: Ophiomusium diomedeae Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Synonymy

• Ophiomusium diomedeae Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 134–135, pl. 4 figs. 1–3.
• Ophiosphalma diomedeae (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Baker, 2016: 29, figs. 47a–b.

References

• Baker, A.N. 2016. An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera Ophiomusium Lyman and Ophiosphalma H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 4097(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [see page 29, recombination reference]
• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page.