Synonyms

• Ophiomusium monoplax H.L. Clark, 1915 (original combination)

Holotype: MCZ OPH-508

Type locality: Off Cape Cruz, Cuba. Depth: 206 fms.

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek words for "single" + "plate"

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-509; OPH-510; OPH-511; OPH-512; OPH-513; OPH-514; OPH-515; OPH-516; OPH-882.

Primary 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 331 as Ophiomusium monoplax, original description]
• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page.  [see page 99–100, transfer to Ophiosphalma]

Additional references

• Baker, A.N. 2016. An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera Ophiomusium Lyman and Ophiosphalma H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Zootaxa 4097(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [see page 33]
• 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 154]