Ophiuroidea source details
Okanishi, M.; Oba, Y.; 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 behaviour. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 67: 421-439.
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10.26107/RBZ-2019-0034 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4537754B-0BBE-4388-84E1-5A51DCD507AC [view]
Okanishi, M.; Oba, Y.; 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 behaviour
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
67: 421-439
Publication
Australia
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Ophiopsila xmasilluminans Okanishi, Oba & Fujita, 2019 (original description)
Holotype WAM Z99800, geounit Christmas Island part of the Indian Ocean, identified as Ophiopsila xmasilluminans Okanishi, Oba & Fujita, 2019
Etymology
The specific name is an adjective in apposition formed as a compound of the island name “xmas” and ... [details]