Ophiuridae Muller & Troschel 1840
Description
Family Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840, restricted sensu O’Hara et al. (2017) Type genus
Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 (type species: O. ophiura (Linneaus, 1758)).
Other generaOphiocrossota H.L. Clark, 1928, Ophiocten Lütken, 1855, Ophioctenella Tyler et al., 1995, Ophionotus Bell, 1902.
DiagnosisFlat disc, usually fully scaled but naked in some species. Genital papillae and arm combs present, although combs in Ophionotus reduced. Dental plate entire, sockets small round holes, not perforating, with low borders; single, offset column, ventral cluster. Lateral arm plates commonly divided in two halves by central, distalwards-pointing tentacle notch. Arm spine articulation with large, irregularly round muscle opening on an elevation, nerve opening at base of elevation.
RemarksOphiura may be polyphyletic and needs to be revised (e.g., O. robusta (Ayres, 1852) has hooked spines on the distal arm, a character of Ophiopyrgidae Perrier, 1893). The subgenus Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927 is herein raised to genus-rank and referred to the Ophiopyrgidae. The available genus name Glaciacantha Fell, 1961b is used herein to contain two Southern Ocean species of Ophiocten (dubium Koehler, 1901 and doederleini Hertz, 1927) with raised disc plates and hooked distal arm spines, and also transferred to the Ophiopyrgidae.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ophiuridae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ophiurida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- Muller & Troschel
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophiuridae Muller, 1840 sec. Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
References
- Muller J. & Troschel F. H. 1840. Uber die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv Fur Naturgeschichte. Berlin 6: 326 - 330.
- O'Hara T. D., Hugall A. F., Thuy B., Stohr S. & Martynov A. V. 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 415 - 430. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2016.12.006
- Lamarck J. B. 1801. Systeme des animaux sans vertebres; ou tableau general des classes, des orres et des genres de ces animaux. Deterville, Paris.
- Clark H. L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum 3: 361 - 428.
- Lutken C. F. 1855. Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelobig Oversigt over Gronlandshavets Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 1854: 95 - 104.
- Tyler P. A., Paterson G. L .., Sibuet M., Guille A., Murtons B. J. & Segonzac M. 1995. A new genus of ophiuroid (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from hydrothermal mounds along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of the Marine Biological Association U. K. 75: 977 - 986.
- Bell F. J. 1902. Echinodermata. Reports on the collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the " Southern Cross 8: 214 - 220, 2 pls.
- Perrier E. 1893. In: Traite de zoologie. 3 ser. Echinodermata: 781 - 864. Masson, Paris.
- Hertz M. 1927. Die Ophiuroiden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1. Chilophiurida Mats. (Ophiolepididae: Ophioleucidae: Ophiodermatidae: Ophiocomidae). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer " Valdivia " 1898 - 1899 22: 59 - 122, pls 6 - 9.
- Fell H. B. 1961 b. The Fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1, Ophiuroidea. Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 18: 9 - 79, 19 pls.
- Koehler R. 1901. Note preliminaire sur quelques ophiures nouvelles provenant des campagnes de la Princesse Alice. Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France 26: 222 - 231.