Stegophiura waltersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Stegophiura
Species: Stegophiura waltersi

Name

Stegophiura waltersi O'Hara & Thuy, 2025: 33–37, figs. 11–12

• ZooBank: 468F1E3F-FBC8-47B1-878A-8A0B1C792EBC

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Walters Shoals, depth 1539–1615 m.

• Holotype: MNHN-IE-2023-4069.

• Paratype: MNHN-IE-2016-1375.

References

• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Stegophiura waltersi O'Hara & Thuy, 2025 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 17, 2026