Review of Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899 (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiacanthidae), description of new species in Ophioplinthaca and Ophiophthalmus, and new records from the Northwest Pacific and the South China Sea

The ophiuroid genus Ophioplinthaca is well characterized by the deep incisions in the disc. Prior to this study, it contained 32 accepted species, but species limits and geographic distributions were not well understood. The manned submersible vehicle ‘Shenhaiyongshi’ was used to collect ophiuroid s...

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Main Authors: Hasitha Nethupul, Sabine Stöhr, Haibin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-05-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/76479/download/pdf/