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New species of the genus Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2017

Tania Pineda-Enríquez ,
Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras ,
Francisco A. Solís-Marín ,
Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras  and
Timothy O'Hara
Tania Pineda-Enríquez*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, 32611, Florida, USA Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras*
Affiliation:
Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001, Australia School of Biosciences, Faculty of Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Francisco A. Solís-Marín
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Universitario s/n, México D.F. 04510, México
Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Universitario s/n, México D.F. 04510, México
Timothy O'Hara
Affiliation:
Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001, Australia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. Pineda-Enríquez and G. Bribiesca-Contreras Department of Biology, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, 32611, Florida, USA; Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001, Australia. Email: pinedae@ufl.edu
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. Pineda-Enríquez and G. Bribiesca-Contreras Department of Biology, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, 32611, Florida, USA; Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001, Australia. Email: pinedae@ufl.edu
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Abstract

The aim of the present work is to report and describe three new species of the tropical brittle-star genus Ophiolepis. The new species are described herein as Ophiolepis aemulata sp. nov., Ophiolepis buitronae sp. nov. and Ophiolepis crebra sp. nov. As these species were previously misidentified, morphological traits and similarities between them and other species are extensively discussed. Ophiolepis buitronae sp. nov. is widespread in tropical and warm waters of the western Atlantic from intertidal to 36 m. It has consistently been misidentified as Ophiolepis impressa as these two species share a similar distribution and are found together. Ophiolepis aemulata sp. nov. is found in western Australia, as are its congeners Ophiolepis superba and Ophiolepis unicolor, while Ophiolepis crebra sp. nov. is found in Australia and Indonesia. There are 25 extant species, including the three new species, which are currently referred to the genus Ophiolepis.

Keywords

Ophiolepis crebraOphiolepis aemulataOphiolepis impressaOphiolepis buitronaemorphologyOphiolepididae
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 98 , Special Issue 8: Special Section: European Marine Biology Symposium Papers 2018 , December 2018 , pp. 2049 - 2065
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2017 

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