Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Ophiuroidea
Subclasse: Myophiuroidea
Infraclasse: Metophiurida
Superordo: Euryophiurida
Ordo: Euryalida
Familia: Asteronychidae
Genus: Ophioschiza
Species (1): O. monacantha
Name
Ophioschiza H.L. Clark, 1911
Type species: Ophioschiza monacantha H.L. Clark, 1911 (type by original designation)
Note: Originally placed in the family Ophicanthidae later considered in Hemieuryalidae (H.L. Clark (1915)) and then in Ophiomyxidae [Ophiobyrsinae] (Matsumoto (1915)), the genus was transfered to Asteronychidae by Downey (1967).
References
Primary references
Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page. [page 254]
Downey, M.E. 1967. Astronebris tatafilius (Euryalae: Asteronychidae), a new genus and species of Ophiuroid from the Aleutians, with a revised key to the family Asteronychidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 80: 41–45. BHL Reference page. [page 45]
Additional references
Clark, H.L. 1915a. 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. [page 193, genus is within Hemieuryalidae]
Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page. [page 50, genus is within Ophiobyrsinae]
Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page. [page 9]
Links
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioschiza H.L. Clark, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242510 on 2020-10-11
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