Ophiosphalma nitidum

Ophiosphalma nitidum. Fig. 56 a-b.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiomusina

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Suborder Ophiomusina

Familia: Ophiosphalmidae
Genus: Ophiosphalma
Species: Ophiosphalma nitidum

Name

Ophiosphalma nitidum (H.L. Clark, 1939)

• Original combination: Ophiomusium nitidum H.L. Clark, 1939

• ZooBank: D2C3112A-D36A-4B24-9C36-E31C39378E4F

• Type locality: Arabian Sea, 9.11833333°N 55.4516666°E / 9.11833333; 55.4516666, depth 2100–3872 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 1948.5.26.416 [1].

• Paratypes: BMNH 1948.5.26.417 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-6095 [3].

Synonyms

• Ophiomusium nitidum H.L. Clark, 1939: 126–128, textfigs. 59–60; — Downey, 1969: 155.
• Ophiosphalma nitidum (H.L. Clark, 1939); — Madsen, 1951; — Guille & Vadon, 1986; — Baker, 2016: 33–35, fig. 56a–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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. BHL.Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Guille, A. & Vadon, C. 1986. Ophiuridae l'océan Indien profond. Indo-Malayan Zoology 3: 167–188. Reference page. 
• Madsen, F.J. 1951. Ophiuroidea. Report of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition. 2: 107-117. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiosphalma nitidum (H.L. Clark, 1939) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 16, 2026

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