Ophiotrichoides lymani

Ophiotrichoides lymani; Fig. 48-49.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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: Ophiotrichoides
Species: Ophiotrichoides lymani

Name

Ophiotrichoides lymani Ludwig, 1882

• Etymology: named after Theodore Lyman who descibed Ophiothrix berberis, a species of which the one described by Hubert "follows very closely."

References

Primary references

• Ludwig, H. 1882. Verzeichnis der von Prof. E. van Beneden an der Küste von Brazilien gesammelten Echinodermen. Mémoires couronnés et mémoires des savants étrangers. Collection in-4º. 44(20): 1–26. BHL Reference page.  [see page 21, original description]

Additional references

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907a. Révision de la collection des Ophiures du Museum d'histoire Naturelle Paris. Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 41: 279-351, pl. X-XIV. BHL Reference page.  [see page 339]