Synonyms

• Ophiacantha clypeata Kyte, 1977

Synonymy: Martynov et al., 2015

Etymology: from the Latin word clypeus meant “round shield”

Type locality:R/V “Albatross”, sta. 4772, 04.06.1906, Bering Sea, Aleutian Ids, Bowers Bank, 54° 30' 30" N 179°14' E., 629 to 681 m, green brown sand

Holotype: USNM 26241

Paratypes: USNM 26698; USNM 27016; MCZ OPH-3224

• Ophiolebes trachybactrus (H.L. Clark, 1911) H.L. Clark, 1915: 195

Primary references

• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page.  [see page 206, original description]

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 195, recombination reference for Ophiolebes trachybactrus]

• Kyte, M.A. 1977. Ophiacantha clypeata n. sp. from the Bering sea, with a redescription of Ophiacantha rhachophora Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90(1): 55-60. BHL Reference page.  [see page 57, original description of Ophiacantha clypeata]

• Martynov, A., Ishida, Y., Irimura, S., Tajiri, R., O’Hara, T.D., Fujita, T. 2015. When Ontogeny Matters: A New Japanese Species of Brittle Star Illustrates the Importance of Considering both Adult and Juvenile Characters in Taxonomic Practice. PLoS ONE. 10(10): e0139463. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139463 Reference page.  [source of synonymy]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha trachybactra H.L. Clark, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243420 on 2020-04-14

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