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
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1
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Ophiomusium facetum
Koehler, 1922
.
Figures 10 a, b
Ophiomusium facetum
Koehler, 1922
;
Guille, 1981
Holotype
USNM
41370 Nogas Id, Sulu Sea,
1752m
. Dr Marc Eleaume, Paris Museum, has recently informed me that 23
syntypes
of this species are in their collection:
NMNH
10300, ex-
CREVETTIERE
1971.
Main Features
: Disc with smooth plates and large separated radial shields. Many small scales centrally. Lateral arms plates long and high, smooth, with 6–7 small, evenly placed arm spines. Dorsal arm plates small throughout. 2 ventral arm plates, 2 pairs of exposed tentacle pores, each with a large scale. A large central interradial plate is present. A second specimen, but not a
type
, from the same locality (
USNM
E41368
) has 1 or 2 rudimentary ventral arm plates distal to the main plates.