Ophiacantha vorax

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 vorax

Name

Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897

Type locality: Indian Ocean, India, Cape Comorin, depth 1043 fms.

Synonymy

Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897: 353–356, pl. 8(68–69); — Koehler, 1922: 63–64, pl. 15(4–5); — Liao: 2004: 122–123, fig. 59; — Nethupul, Stöhr & Zhang, 2022: 53–57, figs. 29–30.
Ophiacantha anchilabra H.L. Clark, 1911: 204–206, fig. 95; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 196; — Matsumoto, 1917: 117; — Downey, 1969: 62.
- Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Japan, Shizuoka, Honshu Island, southwest of Omae Zaki, 34°00′00″N 137°49′41″E / 34°N 137.828°E / 34; 137.828, depth 549–1679 m.
- Holotype: USNM 25654 [1].
- Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-3186 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-3409 [3].
- Synonymised by Koehler (1922: 63).

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.
Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. 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.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1897. Echinodermes recueillis par “l'Investigator” dans l'Ocean Indien. I. Les Ophiures de mer profonde. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie serie 8. 4: 277–372, pl. 5–9. BHL Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin. 100(5): 1-486. BHL Reference page.
Liao, Y. 2004. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Fauna Sinica. 40: 1–305. Reference page.
Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page.
Nethupul, H., Stöhr, S. & Zhang, H-B. 2022. New species, redescriptions and new records of deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the South China Sea, an integrated morphological and molecular approach. European Journal of Taxonomy. 810(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.810.1723 Reference page.

Links

Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on March 28, 2025