Ophiura spinicantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Subgenus: Ophiura (Ophiura)
Species: Ophiura spinicantha

Name

Ophiura spinicantha McKnight, 2003

• Type locality: Tasman Sea. 35.585°S 160.951667°E / -35.585; 160.951667. Depth 3182 m.
• Holotype: NIWA 3352 [H­825].
• Paratype: NIWA 5181 [P­1377].

Synonymy

• Ophiura (Ophiura) spinicantha McKnight, 2003: 23–25, fig. 6A–B, E.
• Ophiura spinicantha McKnight, 2003; — Stöhr, & O’Hara, 2021: 514, fig. 2A–E.

References

• McKnight, D.G. 2003. New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. Zootaxa 352(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.352.1.1 Reference page. 
• NIWA (2018): NIWA Invertebrate Collection. v1.1. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisspecify&v=1.1 https://doi.org/10.15468/6qgswo accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-11-08. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4081145748
• Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T.D. 2021. Deep-sea Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Danish Galathea II Expedition, 1950–52, with taxonomic revisions. Zootaxa 4963(3): 505–529. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.6 Reference page.