The rare ophiuroid species,Ophioleila elegans,was collected by the submersible Jiaolongfrom 1660 m depth on the Caiwei Guyot located in the Magellan Seamount Chain in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.This is the first publ...The rare ophiuroid species,Ophioleila elegans,was collected by the submersible Jiaolongfrom 1660 m depth on the Caiwei Guyot located in the Magellan Seamount Chain in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.This is the first published record of this species since the types were described from similar habitat off Hawaii.We provide more detailed morphologic characteristics of arm skeleton and a phylogenetic analysis based on CO 1 sequences.Both morphology and phylogeny results suggest that the genus Ophioleila is more closely related to Ophiactids than Hemieuryalids.展开更多
基金The National Basic Research Program(973 Program)of China under contract No.2015CB755902the Foundation of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract Nos DY135-E2-2-03 and DY135-E2-2-06+1 种基金the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography,SOA under contract No.JG1537the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41406175
文摘The rare ophiuroid species,Ophioleila elegans,was collected by the submersible Jiaolongfrom 1660 m depth on the Caiwei Guyot located in the Magellan Seamount Chain in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.This is the first published record of this species since the types were described from similar habitat off Hawaii.We provide more detailed morphologic characteristics of arm skeleton and a phylogenetic analysis based on CO 1 sequences.Both morphology and phylogeny results suggest that the genus Ophioleila is more closely related to Ophiactids than Hemieuryalids.
