Ophiotreta valenciennesi

Ophiotreta valenciennesi, dorsal view of the disk.

Ophiotreta valenciennesi, ventral view of the disk.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiotomidae
Genus: Ophiotreta
Species: Ophiotreta valenciennesi

Name

Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)

Original combination: Ophiacantha valenciennesi Lyman, 1879

Type locality: Challenger Station 192. Off the Key-Islands, Indonesia. Depth 129 fms.

Holotype: BMNH 1882.12.23.456.

Etymology: named after Achille Valenciennes.

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha valenciennesi Lyman, 1879: 57–58, pl. 15 figs. 408–410; — Lyman, 1882: 183–184, pl. 26 figs. 7–8; — Koehler, 1904: 110–111; — Koehler, 1907: 292; — H.L. Clark, 1917: 434.
• Ophiacantha rufescens Koehler, 1896: 249–250.
  • Type locality: West of Azores. 38.516667°N 29.158333°W / 38.516667; -29.158333. Depth 845 m.
  • Synonymised by Stöhr (2011: 20).
• Ophiacantha bisquamata Matsumoto, 1915: 62–63; — Matsumoto, 1917: 120–122, fig. 31; — Murakami, 1944: 251; — A.H. Clark, 1949: 17.
  • Type locality: Off Oshima, Sagami Sea. Depth 75–85 fms.
  • Synonymised by O’Hara & Stöhr (2006: 62).
• Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879) Koehler, 1922: 84, pl. 16 fig. 4, pl. 93 fig. 6; — Koehler; 1930: 66–67; — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 62–63, figs. 5A–D, 17P; — Stöhr, 2011: 20–21; — Mills & O’Hara, 2013: 420; — Madeira et al., 2019: 42–43, fig. 9; — Macías-Ramírez, García-Guillén & Manjón-Cabeza, 2024: 15–16, fig. 10a–l.
• Ophiotreta bisquamata (Matsumoto, 1915) Koehler; 1930: 64–65.
• Ophiacantha valenciennesi var. rufescens Koehler, 1896; — Mortensen, 1933: 36–37, fig. 21a–e.
  • Synonymised by Stöhr (2011: 20).
• Ophiacantha valenciennesi rufescens Koehler, 1896; — Paterson: 1985: 49–50, fig. 21.
  • Synonymised by Stöhr (2011: 20).
• Ophiotreta valenciennesi rufescens (Koehler, 1896); — Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005: 392.
  • Synonymised by Stöhr (2011: 20).

References

• Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 195: 3-133. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1917. Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, from August, 1899, to march, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., commanding. XVIII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific in the charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Grant U.S.N. commanding. XXX. Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 61(12): 429-453, pls I-V. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1896c. Note préliminaire sur les ophiures des premières campagnes de la Princesse Alice. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 241–253. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1904. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLV: 1-176, 36 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907 [1906]. Ophiures. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 7: 245–311. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 89, 1–295, 22 pl. Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(2): 17–84. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
• Macías-Ramírez, A., García-Guillén, L.M., Manjón-Cabeza, M.E. 2024. Deep-Sea Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) from the Avilés Canyon System: Seven New Records for the Spanish North Atlantic Marine Subdivision. Diversity. 16(7): 1–21. DOI: 10.3390/d16070407 . Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page. 
• Mills, V.S. & O’Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613(5): 401–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.5.1 Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL Reference page. 
• Murakami, S. 1944. Report on the ophiurans from off Ogasawara Islands and from off the Yaeyama group, Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyûshû Imperial University 7(7): 235-257, 14 figs. hdl: 2324/22600 PDF Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. In: Richer de Forges, B. et al.. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 193: 33-141. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. 2011. New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3089: 1-50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3089.1.1 Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. & Segonzac, M. 2005. Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(2): 383–402. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011318h . Reference page. 

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