Ophiurothamnus

Ophiurothamnus clausa

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: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiurothamnus
Species (6): O. clausa – O. discycla – O. eleaumei – O. excavatus – O. exigua – O. laevis

Name

Ophiurothamnus Matsumoto, 1917

Type species: Ophiomitra discycla Clark, 1911 (by original designation)

Synonyms

• Ophiocyclus H.L. Clark, 1939

Synonymised by O'Hara & Stöhr (2006)

References

• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. Scientific reports. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. 6: 29-136. BHL.Reference page.  [original description of Ophiocyclus p. 41]
• 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.  [see pages 102-104]
• 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.  [original description of Ophiurothamnus p. 129]
• 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.  [as Ophiurothamnus p. 104–105, diagnosis and source of synonymy]