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
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1
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1175-5326
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Ophiomusium simplex
Lyman 1878
.
Figures 33 a, b
Ophiomusium simplex
Lyman 1878
; Sastry, 1987;
Liao & A.M. Clark, 1995
Holotype
BNMH
82.11.23.433
Challenger
station Amboyne,
183 m
; another specimen in the
BMNH
collection with the same registration number is labelled “
type
”. A series of non-type specimens from New
Britain
,
BNMH
1898.8.8.83 are between 5 and
11 mm
d.d.
Main Features
:
Holotype
is
6 mm
d.d. Large interradial plate conspicuous from above, and 2 smaller, protuberant plates can be seen either side of it. Lyman’s figure has under-emphasised this feature. Ventral side of disc consists of oral shield and distal interradial plate with two protuberant plates either side. There are two small arm spines low down on the lateral arm plates. Two pairs of exposed tentacle pores.