Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) Hertz 1927

Ophiura ( Ophiuroglypha ) Hertz, 1927 The subgenus Ophiuroglypha is usually recognised as having 3 small armspines, the middle one becoming an upturned hooklet on distal arm segments (Hertz, 1927). However O. irrorata includes subspecies ( O.loveni , O. polyacantha ) with up to 9 armspines, which ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mcknight, Donald G.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2003
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurida
Ophiuridae
Ophiura
New Zealand
Rugosa
Paterson
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276741
https://zenodo.org/record/6276741
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Summary:Ophiura ( Ophiuroglypha ) Hertz, 1927 The subgenus Ophiuroglypha is usually recognised as having 3 small armspines, the middle one becoming an upturned hooklet on distal arm segments (Hertz, 1927). However O. irrorata includes subspecies ( O.loveni , O. polyacantha ) with up to 9 armspines, which are hooked or not. The O. irrorata group (Paterson, 1985) also has an enlarged and distinct distal tentacle­scale or supplementary ventral armplate. In O. rugosa this is small and usually hidden by the larger scales on the proximal pore margin. The discrepancies between species assigned to Ophiuroglypha indicates that a revision of the subgenus is desirable. : Published as part of Mcknight, Donald G., 2003, New brittle­stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 352 on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156750 : {"references": ["Hertz, M. (1927) Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee- Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutchen Tiefsee-Expedition auf den Damfer Valdivia 1898 - 1899, 22 (3), 59 - 122", "Paterson, G. L. J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 49 (1), 1 - 162."]}

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