Ophiambix kagutsuchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthida
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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida

Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: Ophiambix
Species: Ophiambix kagutsuchi

Name

Ophiambix kagutsuchi Okanishi et al., 2020

Type locality: R/V YOKOSUKA, DSV SHINKAI 6500, cruise YK17-17, Dive #1508, hydrothermal vent at Tarama Knoll (Yamanaka et al., 2015), Okinawa Trough, off Sakishima Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southwest of Japan, 25°05.4573′N, 124°32.7256′E, 1,730 m, 3 August 2017

Holotype: NSMT E-13071

Paratypes: NSMT E-13069 ; NSMT E-13070 ; NSMT E-13072 ; NSMT E-13073

References

Okanishi, M., Kato, M., Watanabe, H.K., Chen, C., Fujita, T. 2020. Large populations of two new species of Ophiambix (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) discovered on Japanese hot vents and cold seeps. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 68: 196–213. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0017 Reference page. [original description of Ophiambix kagutsuchi p. 198–202]

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