Revision of some ophiuroid records (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Argentina.

Autor: Brogger MI; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.; Email: mbrogger@bg.fcen.uba.ar., O'Hara TD; Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666E, Melbourne, 3001, AUSTRALIA.; Email: tohara@museum.vic.gov.au.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2015 Jun 12; Vol. 3972 (3), pp. 432-40. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jun 12.
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.8
Abstrakt: The taxonomy of some ophiuroids reported from off Argentina, western Antarctica and the SW Atlantic Ocean is reviewed. The species Amphilepis sanmatiensis, known only from the small holotype, is a synonym of Amphioplus lucyae. This synonymy removes the only reported endemic ophiuroid from Argentina. The species name "Ophiacantha ingrata Koehler, 1923" used for specimens from South Georgia is invalid; the specimens are likely to belong to one of two cryptic species within the O. vivipara complex. Specimens of Amphiura joubini reported from Argentina are re-identified as Amphiura princeps, and specimens of Ophiactis amator from the Antarctic Peninsula are re-identified as Ophiactis asperula.
Databáze: MEDLINE