Ophiocamax vitrea, figs. 9-10

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina 

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
Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiocamacidae
Genus: Ophiocamax
Species (11 + †2): O. applicatus O. austera O. brevicetra O. dominans – †O. dorotheae O. drygalskii O. fasciculata O. gigas O. hystrix O. nominata O. patersoni – †O. ventosa O. vitrea

Name

Ophiocamax Lyman, 1878: 156

Type species: Ophiocamax vitrea Lyman, 1878, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 Open access Reference page.  [see pages 198-199]

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