Ophiacanthidae

Ophiacantha bidentata

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
Genera (14 + †22): †Alternacantha – †Brezinacantha – †Dermacantha – †Dermocoma – †Eolaxoporus – †Europacantha – †Geromura – †Hanshessia – †Inexpectacantha – †Ishidacantha – †Juracantha – †Krohcoma – †Lapidaster – †Leadagmara – †Manfredura – Ophiacantha – Ophialcaea – Ophientrema – Ophiocanops – Ophiochondrus – †Ophiogaleus – Ophiohamus – †Ophiojagtus – Ophiolebes – †Ophioleviathan – Ophiolimna – †Ophiomalleus – Ophiomitrella – Ophiomoeris – Ophioplinthaca – Ophioripa – Ophiosemnotes – †Ophiosternle – Ophiurothamnus – †Reitneracantha – †Sabinacantha

[source: World Ophiuroidea database (WoRMS 2018)]

Name

• Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867: 326
  • Type genus: Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842, by subsequent designation

Synonymy

• Ophiacanthinae Paterson, 1985
  • Type genus: Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842, by original designation
• Ophiocanopidae Mortensen, 1932: 8
  • Type genus: Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922, by monotypy
• Ophiochondrinae Verrill, 1899
  • Type genus: Ophiochondrus Lyman, 1869
• Ophioplinthacinae Paterson, 1985
  • Type genus: Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899, by original designation

References

• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, pls VIII-XXIII. BHL Reference page.  [see page 319]
• Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page.  [as Ophiacanthidae p. 30]
• Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483 Reference page. 
• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. 
• Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa. 2697: 1–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2697.1.1 Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophiacanthidae p. 62] [as Ophiochondrinae p. 65]
• Mortensen, T. 1932. On an extraordinary ophiurid, Ophiocanops fugiens Koehler. With remarks on Astrogymnotes, Ophiopteron, and on an albino Ophiocoma. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 1–22. Reference page. 
• Nethupul, H., Stöhr, S. & Zhang, H-B. 2022. Review of Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899 (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiacanthidae), description of new species in Ophioplinthaca and Ophiophthalmus, and new records from the Northwest Pacific and the South China Sea. Zookeys 1099ː 155–202. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1099.76479 Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Stöhr, S. & Martynov, A. 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 415–430. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 Reference page. 
• 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.  [as Ophiacanthidae p. 14]
• 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 Ophiocanopidae p. 22–24] [as Ophiacanthinae p. 24 (original description)] [as Ophioplinthacinae p. 61–62 (original description)]