Synonyms

• Homalophiura divisa (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Transfered to genus Homalophiura by H.L. Clark, 1915: 326

• Ophioglypha divisa Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 (original combination)

• Syntype(s):

MCZ OPH-580

USNM 19477

USNM 19476

• Ophiura divisa (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899)

Transfered to genus Ophiura by Paterson, 1985: 136

Primary references

• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page.  [see page 127 as Ophioglypha divisa, original description]
• Martynov, A.; Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066 Reference page.  [source of synonymy]

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 326 as Homalophiura divisa, new combination reference]
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page.  [see page 136, as Ophiura divisa, new combination reference]