original description
(of Ophiacantha abnormis Lyman, 1879) Lyman, T. (1879). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part II. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 6(2): 17-83, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31068674#page/27/mode/1up [details]
original description
(of Ophiacantha inutilis Koehler, 1904) Koehler, R. (1904). Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. <em>In: Weber, Siboga Expeditie. M. E.J. Brill, Leiden.</em> 45a, 1-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12079779 [details]
original description
(of Ophiacantha gratiosa Koehler, 1897) Koehler, R. (1897). Echinodermes recueillis par “l'Investigator” dans l'Ocean Indien. I. Les Ophiures de mer profonde. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, series 8.</em> 4, 277-372, pl. 5-9., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35663130 [details]
original description
(of Ophiacantha stimulea Lyman, 1878) Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the “Challenger” expedition. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 5(7), 65-168, 10 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28876644#page/85/mode/1up [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
O'Hara, T.; Stöhr, S. (2006). Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. <em>In: Richer de Forges, B. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 193: 33-141., available online at http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18965845 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Challenger stn 164b, Australia, off Port Jackson, 34°14’S, 151°30’E, 744-762 m, 12 June 1874 [details]
Type material Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.26 [details]