Ophiactis quadrispina

Ophiactis quadrispina; Figs. 9, 10.

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

Ophiactis quadrispina H.L. Clark, 1915

Type locality: Philippines. Depth: 6-35 fms.

Etymology: refers to the series of 4 short, thick, blunt arm-spines that carries each side arm-plates.

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, original description]

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 308]

Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. [see page 90]

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiactis luteomaculata H.L. Clark, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243458 on 2020-02-20

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