Ophiosphalma atlanticum ( Hertz, 1927 )

Baker, Alan N., 2016, An illustrated catalogue of type specimens of the bathyal brittlestar genera Ophiomusium Lyman and Ophiosphalma H. L. Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), Zootaxa 4097 (1), pp. 1-40 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6056507
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scientific name	Ophiosphalma atlanticum ( Hertz, 1927 )
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Ophiosphalma atlanticum ( Hertz, 1927) .

Figures 43 a, b

Ophiomusium fimbriatum var atlanticum Hertz, 1927 .

Syntype, ZMUC, from Valdivia station 63, Gulf of Guinea, 2492 m.

Main Features: Hertz’s variety atlanticum has dumbbell-shaped oral shields, no disc granules, and multiscaled exposed tentacle pores on the first 3 segments. 7 arm spines. The genital slits extend to the distal end of the second arm segment. The syntype of O. fimbriatum var atlanticum I observed in the ZMUC is 19 mm d.d. I here elevate the variety to a separate species: Ophiosphalma atlanticum (Hertz) .