Ophiacantha longidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species: Ophiacantha longidens

Name

• Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
  • Type locality: Challenger station Cebu, Philippines. Depth: 95-100 fms.

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha confusa Koehler, 1905
• Ophiacantha dumosa A.H. Clark, 1949
• Ophiacantha graphica Koehler, 1922
• Ophiacantha tenuispina H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Port Curtis, off Gatecomb. Depth 9-12 fms.
  • Holotype: AM J6049

References

• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha confusa p. 105]
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha tenuispina p. 210–211 (original description)]
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(7): 65–168. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha longidens p. 144; Pl. X ,fig. 274 (original description)]
• Mills, V.S. & O’Hara, T.D. 2013. Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Zootaxa 3613(5): 401–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.5.1 Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha longidens p. 418]