Taxonavigation

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Species: Ophiura tenera

Name

Ophiura tenera (Lyman, 1883)

• original combination: Ophioglypha tenera Lyman, 1883
• Type locality: Blake station 269. Off St. Vincent, Milligan's Key. 13°07′55″N 61°05′36″W / 13.1319444°N 61.093333°W / 13.1319444; -61.093333. Depth 124 fms.
• Holotype: MCZ OPH-727 .
• Paratype: MCZ OPH-4115 .

References

• 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. 
• Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 10(6), 227-287. BHL Reference page. 
• Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page. 
• 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.