New species, redescriptions and new records of deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the South China Sea, an integrated morphological and molecular approach Author Nethupul, Hasitha 947FC889-2FAA-465B-8F4C-93E4DF21BD00 Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, 57200 Sanya, China. & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China. Nethupul@idsse.ac.cn Author Stöhr, Sabine 412800EB-AACE-4313-9810-61F89B740405 Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden. sabine.stohr@nrm.se Author Zhang, Haibin 42C09E82-18C5-446D-B4F4-A2C8F2367AC9 Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, 57200 Sanya, China. hzhang@idsse.ac.cn text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-04-06 810 1 1 95 http://zoobank.org/67e0ccf7-f768-4c5f-9f02-55ebffadd3d5 journal article 55896 10.5852/ejt.2022.810.1723 58fbfe9f-852b-493c-9611-822354c5a2a8 2118-9773 6419522 67E0CCF7-F768-4C5F-9F02-55EBFFADD3D5

Table 1. Deep-sea ophiuroids found in the South China Sea; damaged unidentified specimens recorded under generic name. New records for South China Sea marked with an asterisk.

Family	Species name	Station (specimens)
Asteronychidae	Asteronyx loveni	SC002 (1)
	Asteronyx luzonicus *	SC002 (2)
Euryalidae	Asteroschema horridum *	SC013 (1), SC019 (1)
Gorgonocephalidae	Gorgonocephalus chilensis novaezelandiae *	SC013 (1)
	Gorgonocephalus cf. dolichodactylus	SC008 (1)
Ophiomusaidae	Ophiomusa lymani	SC017 (1), SC015 (1), SC005 (1)
	Ophiomusa sp. (damaged)	SC006 (1)
Ophiotomidae	Ophiotreta eximia *	SC022 (1)
	Ophiopristis shenhaiyongshii sp. nov.	SC012 (1)
Ophiacanthidae	Ophientrema scolopendrica *	SC003 (1), SC017 (2), SC018 (3), SC022 (2), SC023 (1)
	Ophiurothamnus clausa	SC020 (2), SC021(1)
	Ophioplinthaca plicata	SC014 (1)
	Ophiacantha bathybia *	SC016 (3)
	Ophiacantha vorax *	SC001 (1), SC020(1), SC021(1)
	Ophiacantha aster sp. nov.	SC011 (30)
	Ophiomoeris petalis sp. nov.	SC013 (5)
	Ophiomoeris sp.	SC013 (1)
Ophiactidae	Ophiactis cf. perplexa *	SC012 (3)
	Ophiactis profundi	SC013 (7)
	Ophiactis cf. brachygens	SC013 (2)