Ophiacanthella troscheli

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: Ophiacanthella troscheli

Name

• Ophiacanthella troscheli (Lyman, 1878) Verrill, 1899
  • original combination: Ophiacantha troscheli Lyman, 1878
  • Type locality: Challenger station 33. Off Bermuda. Depth: 300fms.
  • Etymology: named after Franz Hermann Troschel

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha troscheli Lyman, 1878

References

• 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.  [see page 142 as Ophiacantha troscheli [original description], plate IX figs. 222-224]
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiacanthella troscheli p. 50]
• 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.  [see page 39, recombination reference]