Synonymy

• Ophioglypha meridionalis Lyman, 1879

ZooBank: 5E37C877-40D2-4A36-A860-A6627D8BF0F5

• Ophiomastus rotundus G.A. Smith, 1923

Synonymised by Mortensen (1936)

• Ophiura meridionalis (Lyman, 1879)

Primary references

• Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(2): 17–84. BHL Reference page. 
  • [original description of Ophioglypha meridionalis: p. 56, pl. XVI figs 447-449]
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1936. Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea. Discovery Reports. 12: 199-348, pls. 1-9. BHL Reference page. 
  • [Ophiomastus rotundus synonymised with Ophiura meridionalis,: p. 330-332, figs. 44-45]
• Smith, G.A., "Report on the Echinoderms collected daring the Voyaqe of the 'Quest' (1921-22)" (1923), Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(12), 367-376, 3 figs. (PDF) DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632958 Reference page. 
  • [original description of Ophiomastus rotundus: p. 372-374, fig. 2]

Additional references

• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
  • [as Ophioglypha meridionalis: p. 40-41]

Links

• Ophiomastus meridionalis in the World Register of Marine Species
• BHL bibliography
• Ophiomastus meridionalis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiomastus meridionalis.
• ION
• Species-ID

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