Ophiacantha lepidota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species: Ophiacantha lepidota

Name

Ophiacantha lepidota H.L. Clark, 1911

Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, USA, Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Shumagin Bank, 54.3167°N 159.667°W / 54.3167; -159.667, depth 1143 m.

Holotype: USNM 25529 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha lepidota H.L. Clark, 1911: 224–225, fig. 104; — Downey, 1969: 72.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha lepidota H.L. Clark, 1911 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 07, 2025