Glaciacantha

Glaciacantha dubium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Glaciacantha
Species: G. doederleini – G. dubium

Name

• Glaciacantha Fell, 1961
  • Type species: Glaciacantha jason Fell, 1961, by original designation

References

• Fell, H.B. 1961. New genera and species of Ophiuroidea from Antarctica. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 88(4): 839–841. Online Reference page.  [as Glaciacantha p. 839 (original description)]
• Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page.  [as Glaciacantha p. 36]
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.  [as Glaciacantha p. 10, moved to the family Ophiopyrgidae]