Taxonavigation

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Species: Ophiura falcifera

Name

• Ophiura falcifera (Lyman, 1869) Meissner, 1901
  • Type locality: Dry Tortugas, Florida, Atlantic Ocean
  • original combination: Ophioglypha falcifera Lyman, 1869
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-581

References

• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page.  [as Ophiura falcifera p. 92]
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophioglypha falcifera p. 121]
• Lyman, T. 1869. Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L.F. de Pourtales, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 309-354. BHL Reference page.  [see page 379 as Ophioglypha falcifera, original description]
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 218 as Ophioglypha falcifera]
• Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiura falcifera p. 925 (recombination)]