Ophiuroglypha euryplax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Ophiuroglypha
Species: Ophiuroglypha euryplax

Name

Ophiuroglypha euryplax (H.L. Clark, 1939)

• Original combination: Homalophiura euryplax H.L. Clark, 1939

• ZooBank: 120A62E5-7DB0-4C8E-AD43-BB832B92A767

• Type locality: Gulf of Aden, depth 1270 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 1948.5.26.360 [1].

Synonymy

• Homalophiura euryplax H.L. Clark, 1939: 113–115, textfigs. 49–50.
• Ophioplinthus euryplax (H.L. Clark, 1939) Martynov & Litvinova, 2008: 88.
• Ophiura euryplax (H.L. Clark, 1939)

References

• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. BHL.Reference page. 
• Martynov, A. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066 Reference page.  ^

Links

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