An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera Ophiomusium Lyman and Ophiosphalma H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)
Author
Baker, Alan N.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4097
1
1
40
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1
1bdc9f90-79e0-4265-b8b7-9057618b36db
1175-5326
270988
CD767562-3A19-4F4C-914D-80C50AD0D250
Ophiomusium ultima
Hertz 1927
.
Figures 38 a, b
Ophiomusa ultima
Hertz, 1927
;
H. L. Clark, 1939
.
Syntypes
3, ZMUC,
Valdivia
station 243, Menai Bay,
Zanzibar
,
400m
; 4, BMNH 1948.5.26.437.8 John Murray Expedition station 105.
Main Features
: Disc with large primary plates, and radial shields separated by a narrow plate, Interradial areas consist of a long narrow plate with smaller plates at the edge, which are “furry” with pointed granules. No dorsal arm plates, and only two ventral arm plates.
Lateral arm plates with fine pointed granules along their distal edges. Two small arm spines situated on a protruding ledge. No exposed tentacle pores. Oral papillae not well differentiated. Short genital slits, only ½ a lateral plate long. Large oral shields with one distal plate extending to the disc margin.