Ophiacanthella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthida
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

Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: Ophiacanthella
Species: O. acontophora – O. troscheli

Name

Ophiacanthella Verrill, 1899

Type species: Ophiacantha troscheli Lyman, 1878 (type by monotypy)

References

Primary references

• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page. 
  • [original description of Ophiacanthella: p. 39]

Additional references

• 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. 
  • [see p.16]
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. North American Ophiuroidea. II. A faunal catalogue of the known species of Ophiuroidea from the West Indian Region. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10: 372-386. BHL. Reference page. 
  • [see page 326]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacanthella Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242425 on 2020-05-16

• BHL bibliography
• Ophiacanthella – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiacanthella.
• ION
• Species-ID