Published April 26, 2023 | Version v1
Journal article Open

The First Record of Ophioteichus multispinum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Japan, with Notes on Its Ossicle Description and Ecology

  • 1. Faculty of Human Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Shudo University, 1-1-1 Ozuka, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima 731-3195, Japan E-mail: mokanishi@tezuru-mozuru.com & Corresponding author
  • 2. Momoyamadai Junior High School, 4 Momoyamadai, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 655-0854, Japan
  • 3. Kushimoto Marine Park Center Ltd., 1157 Arita, Kushimoto-cho, Wakayama 649-3514, Japan & Present address: Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation, 560 Nishidomari, Otsuki,12 Kochi 788-0333, Japan

Description

Okanishi, Masanori, Dan, Ichinosuke, Hirabayashi, Isao (2023): The First Record of Ophioteichus multispinum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Japan, with Notes on Its Ossicle Description and Ecology. Species Diversity 28 (1): 107-116, DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.28.107, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.28.107

Files

source.pdf

Files (3.5 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:0b8fdea3089636ff95a66a2748ec5179
3.5 MB Preview Download

Linked records

Additional details

Identifiers

LSID
urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FF8FFFA3FF96FFFFFFA66A27FFEC5179
URL
http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF8FFFA3FF96FFFFFFA66A27FFEC5179

References

  • Clark, A. M. and Rowe. F. W. 1971. Ophiuroidea. Pp. 75-136. In: Clark, A. M. and Rowe. F. W. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London.
  • Clark, H. L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 55: 1-597.
  • Hendler, G. 2018. Armed to the teeth: A new paradigm for the buccal skeleton of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Contributions in Science 526: 189-311.
  • Irimura, S. 1968. A new species of Ophiuroidea from the coast of Kii Peninsula, Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 15: 353-356.
  • Kise, H., Fujii, T., Masucci, G. D., Biondi, P., and Reimer, J. D. 2017. Three new species and the molecular phylogeny of Antipathozoanthus from the Indo-Pacific Ocean (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Zoantharia). ZooKeys 725: 97-122.
  • Ljungman, A. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Ofversigt af Kgl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23: 303- 336.
  • Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa 2697: 1-154.
  • Naruse, T. and Yoshida, R. 2018. Two new species of Aphanodactylidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands, Japan, with the establishment of a new genus. Tropical Zoology 31: 21-33.
  • O'Hara, T. D., Stohr, S., Hugall, A. F., Thuy, B., and Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1-35.
  • Okanishi, M. 2016. Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata): Systematics and Japanese Fauna. Pp. 651-678. In: Motokawa, M. and Kajihara, H. (Eds) Species Diversity of Animals in Japan. Springer Japan, Tokyo.
  • Okanishi, M. and Fujii, T. 2020. A new record of brittle star Ophiopsila cf. polyacantha (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from southwestern Japan, with notes on its bioluminescence. Species Diversity 25: 283-294.
  • Okanishi, M. and Fujita, Y. 2018a. A new species of Ophioconis (Echinodermata Ophiuroidea) from Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. Proceeding of the Biological Society of Washington 131: 163-174.
  • Okanishi, M. and Fujita, Y. 2018b. First finding of anchialine and submarine cave dwelling brittle stars from the Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of new species of Ophiolepis and Ophiozonella (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Amphilepidida). Zootaxa 4377: 1-20.
  • Okanishi, M., Oba Y., and Fujita, Y. 2019. Brittle stars from a submarine cave of Christmas Island, northwestern Australia, with description of a new bioluminescent species Ophiopsila xmasilluminans (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) and notes on its behavior. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 421-439.
  • Pineda-Enriquez, T., Solis-Marin, F. A., and Laguarda-Figueras, A. 2014. Revision of the genus Ophioteichus H. L. Clark, 1938 (Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae). Zootaxa 3784: 241-250.
  • Starmer, J. A. 2003. An annotated checklist of ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from Guam. Micronesica 35-36: 547-562.
  • Stohr, S., O'Hara, T. D., and Thuy, B. 2012. Global diversity of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). PLoS ONE 7: e31940.
  • Thuy, B. and Stohr, S. 2016. A new morphological phylogeny of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) accords with molecular evidence and renders microfossils accessible for cladistics. PLoS ONE 11: e0156140.
  • Yamana, Y., Tanaka, H., Hirabayashi, I., Dan, I., Hirai, A., and Ogawa, A. 2022. Three new infaunal species of Taeniogyrus (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida: Chiridotidae: Taeniogyrinae) from the southern coast of Wakayama, Japan. Species Diversity 27: 139-158.