Ophiothela

Ophiothela

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina
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 Subordo: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiothricidae
Genus: Ophiothela
Species: O. danae – O. gracilis – O. mirabilis – O. tigris – O. venusta – O. vincula

Name

Ophiothela Verrill, 1867

Type species: Ophiothela mirabilis Verrill, 1867 (by original designation)

Synonyms

• Ophiothrix (Ophiothela) Verrill, 1867 (original rank as a subgenus of Ophiothrix)

References

• Duncan P.M. 1879. On some Ophiuroidea from the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 14(77): 445–482. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiothela p. 477]
• Verrill, A.E. 1867. Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 2. Notes on the echinoderms of Panama and the west coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 251–322. BHL Reference page.  [see page 269 as Ophiothrix (Ophiothela), original description]
• Peyghan, S., Doustshenas, B., Nabavi, S.M.B., Rounagh, M.T., Larki, A.A. & Stöhr, S. 2018. New records of the brittle stars Ophiothela venusta and Ophiactis modesta (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the northern Persian Gulf, with morphological details. Zootaxa 4527(3): 425–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.3.11 Reference page.