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Genus of brittle stars From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ophiohamus is a genus of brittle stars in the family Ophiacanthidae from New Caledonia.[2] Timothy D. O'Hara and Sabine Stöhr circumscribed and named the genus in 2006; they described the type species Ophiohamus nanus in the same work.[1] A second species, Ophiohamus georgemartini, was described by O'Hara and Caroline Harding in 2015.[3] As of 2018[update], those are the only two species recognized in this genus.[2]
Ophiohamus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Ophiuroidea |
Order: | Ophiurida |
Family: | Ophiacanthidae |
Genus: | Ophiohamus O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006[1] |
Type species | |
Ophiohamus nanus O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006 |
The genus is distinguished from other closely related genera such as such as Ophiomitrella and Ophiurothamnus by a combination of the following characteristics:[3]
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