Ophiactis plana

Ophiactis loricata; Figs. 1 and 2.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina
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

Familia: Ophiactidae
Genus: Ophiactis
Species: Ophiactis plana

Name

Ophiactis plana Lyman, 1869

Holotype: MCZ OPH-1184

Type locality: Off Carysfort Reef, Key Largo, Florida, Atlantic Ocean

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-1185; OPH-4632

Syntype MCZ OPH-1242

Note: H.L. Clark, 1918: 301 synonymised Ophiactis brachygenys H.L. Clark, 1911, Ophiactis flexuosa Lyman, 1879, Ophiactis perplexa Koehler, 1897 and Ophiactis profundi Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 with this species, then these synonymies have been rejected by Mortensen, 1924: 130

References

Primary references

Lyman, T. 1869. Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L.F. de Pourtales, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 309-354. BHL Reference page. [see page 330, 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 264]
Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 62(6): 263-338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page. [see page 301]
Mortensen, T. 1924. Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition. XX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. II. Ophiuroidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 77: 91-177, pls 3, 4. BHL Reference page. [see page 130]

Links

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiactis plana Lyman, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212333 on 2020-02-21

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