Ophiopholis

Ophiopholis aculeata

Ophiopholis aculeata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiactoidea

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 Superfamilia: Ophiactoidea

Familia: Ophiopholidae
Genus: Ophiopholis
Species (8): O. aculeata – O. bakeri – O. brachyactis – O. japonica – O. kennerlyi – O. longispina – O. mirabilis – O. pilosa

Name

Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842

Type species: Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

• Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842: 96; — Lütken, 1855: 102–103; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 22.
• Polypholis Duncan, 1880: 73–78.
  • Type species: Polypholis echinata Duncan, 1880, by monotypy.

References

• Duncan, P.M. 1880. On a Synthetic Type of Ophiurid from the North Atlantic. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 15(82): 73–78. BHL. Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1855. Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavets Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854-56: 95-104. BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.