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Stegophiura
Taxonomy
Stegophiura was named by Matsumoto (1915). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ophiomastinae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiurinae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiuridae by Jagt (2000) and Storc and Zitt (2008); and to Ophiopyrgidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ophiomastinae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiurinae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiuridae by Jagt (2000) and Storc and Zitt (2008); and to Ophiopyrgidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1915 | Stegophiura Matsumoto p. 76 |
| 1966 | Stegophiura Spencer and Wright p. U96 |
| 2000 | Stegophiura Jagt pp. 19-20 |
| 2008 | Stegophiura Storc and Zitt p. 127 |
| 2018 | Stegophiura O'Hara et al. p. 10 |
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G. Stegophiura Matsumoto 1915
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†Stegophiura eocaenus Leriche 1931
†Stegophiura hagenowi Rasmussen 1950
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Invalid names: Ophiura (Aspidura) granulosa von Hagenow 1840 [replaced], Ophiura tener Müller 1950 [synonym]
†Stegophiura nekvasilovae Storc and Zitt 2008
†Stegophiura trispinosa Jagt 2000
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| H. Matsumoto 1915 | Disk high, covered with plates and scales, among which the primaries are prominent. Radial shields stout, joined distally. Arm combs and genital papillse present. Oral shields oval or pyriform. Second oral tentacle pores open more or less, or entirely,outside oral slits, large, provided with numerous scales. Arms very short, very stout at base, higher than wide, rapidly tapering distally, with acute tip. Dorsal and ventral arm plates well developed, successive plates widely in contact with each other. Lateral arm plates high, with numerous arm spines, often unequal and arranged in two series. Tentacle pores large, with numerous scales. |