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Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842

Ophiacantha bidentata - oral view details

AphiaID

123587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123587)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)

Typetaxon of

Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867
Ophiacanthinae Paterson, 1985

Parent

Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867

Synonymised names

Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (none of the proposed species...)

none of the proposed species remains in this subgenus

Ophiectodia Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophientodia Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiodiplax Koehler, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophiomelina Koehler, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ophioscalus Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Ophiacantha abyssa Kyte, 1982
Species Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872
Species Ophiacantha acanthinotata H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill, 1885
Species Ophiacantha adiaphora H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha aenigmatica Matsumoto, 1917
Species Ophiacantha alternata A.M. Clark, 1966
Species Ophiacantha angolensis Koehler, 1923
Species Ophiacantha antarctica Koehler, 1900
Species Ophiacantha aspera Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha aster Nethupul, Stöhr & Zhang, 2022
Species Ophiacantha atopostoma H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha baccata Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha bathybia H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha benigna Koehler, 1922
Species Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Species Ophiacantha brachygnatha H.L. Clark, 1928
Species Ophiacantha brasiliensis Tommasi & Abreu, 1974
Species Ophiacantha brevispina Koehler, 1898
Species Ophiacantha clavigera Koehler, 1907
Species Ophiacantha composita Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha contigua Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Ophiacantha cornuta Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha costata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885
Species Ophiacantha curima Clark, 1915
Species Ophiacantha cyrena A.H. Clark, 1916
Species Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879
Species Ophiacantha decaactis Belyaev & Litvinova, 1976
Species Ophiacantha densa Farran, 1913
Species Ophiacantha deruens Koehler, 1907
Species Ophiacantha diplasia H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha echinulata Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha enneactis H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885
Species Ophiacantha eurypoma H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha eurythra H.L. Clark, 1935
Species Ophiacantha exilis (Koehler, 1922)
Species Ophiacantha fidelis (Koehler, 1930)
Species Ophiacantha fraterna Verrill, 1885
Species Ophiacantha frigida Koehler, 1907
Species Ophiacantha funebris (Koehler, 1930)
Species Ophiacantha fuscina O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006
Species Ophiacantha granulifera Verrill, 1885
Species Ophiacantha helenae Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha heterotyla H.L. Clark, 1909
Species Ophiacantha hirta Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Ophiacantha hospes Koehler, 1930
Species Ophiacantha imago Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha inconspicua Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867
Species Ophiacantha iquiquensis Castillo-Alácon, 1968
Species Ophiacantha kokusai Martynov, Ishida, Irimura, Tajiri, O'Hara & Fujita, 2015
Species Ophiacantha languida (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha lasia H.L. Clark, 1915
Species Ophiacantha legata Koehler, 1922
Species Ophiacantha lepidota H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha levis (Koehler, 1914)
Species Ophiacantha levispina Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha linea Shin & Rho, 1989
Species Ophiacantha lineata Koehler, 1896
Species Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha longispina Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005
Species Ophiacantha lophobrachia H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha macrarthra H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha marsupialis Lyman, 1875
Species Ophiacantha mesembria H.L. Clark, 1915
Species Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915
Species Ophiacantha moniliformis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Ophiacantha nitens Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha nutrix Baranova, 1955
Species Ophiacantha omoplata H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha opulenta Koehler, 1907
Species Ophiacantha otagoensis Fell, 1958
Species Ophiacantha pacata Koehler, 1922
Species Ophiacantha pacifica Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Ophiacantha paramedea Hertz, 1927
Species Ophiacantha parasema H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869
Species Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha phragma Ziesenhenne, 1940
Species Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha prionota H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha prolata Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha pyriformis Ziesenhenne, 1937
Species Ophiacantha quadrispina H.L. Clark, 1917
Species Ophiacantha renekoehleri O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006
Species Ophiacantha rhachophora H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha richeri O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006
Species Ophiacantha savagica Tommasi, 1976
Species Ophiacantha scissionis Lee, Stöhr, Bae & Shin, 2019
Species Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha scutigera Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha sentosa Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha serrata Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805)
Species Ophiacantha severa Koehler, 1922
Species Ophiacantha shepherdi Baker & Devaney, 1981
Species Ophiacantha similis A.H. Clark, 1916
Species Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895
Species Ophiacantha smitti Ljungman, 1872
Species Ophiacantha sociabilis Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha sollicita Koehler, 1922
Species Ophiacantha spinifera Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
Species Ophiacantha spinosella Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha stellata Lyman, 1875
Species Ophiacantha striolata Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha trachyacantha Djakonov, 1954
Species Ophiacantha trachybactra H.L. Clark, 1911
Species Ophiacantha trivialis Mortensen, 1933
Species Ophiacantha vagans Koehler, 1898
Species Ophiacantha varispina Verrill, 1885
Species Ophiacantha vepratica Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907
Species Ophiacantha vilis Mortensen, 1924
Species Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897
Subgenus Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842 (none of the proposed species remains in this subgenus)
1. Species Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) pectinula Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ophiacantha echinulata Lyman, 1878 (synonymized by Koehler (1914))
Subgenus Ophiacantha (Ophiopristis) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ophiopristis Verrill, 1899 (raised to genus level by Paterson (1985))
1. Species Ophiacantha (Ophiopristis) permixta Koehler, 1914 accepted as Ophioprium permixta (Koehler, 1914)
Subgenus Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ophiotreta Verrill, 1899 (currently raised to genus level)
1. Species Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) affinis Koehler, 1914 accepted as Ophiotreta affinis (Koehler, 1914)
2. Species Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) danae Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
3. Species Ophiacantha (Ophiotreta) durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiotreta durbanensis (Mortensen, 1933)
Species Ophiacantha abnormis Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiacantha acutata Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878 (misspelling)
Species Ophiacantha amelata H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 (synonymized by O'Hara & Stöhr (2006))
Species Ophiacantha ameleta H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879
Species Ophiacantha anchilabra H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha anomala G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Ophiosabine anomala (G.O. Sars, 1872) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha antarctica (Lyman, 1879) sensu Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha aristata Koehler, 1895 accepted as Ophiosabine aristata (Koehler, 1895) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha audax Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha augusta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha vepratica Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha bairdi Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiolimna bairdi (Lyman, 1883) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha barracoutae Koehler, 1923 accepted as Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Ophiacantha bartletti Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiotoma bartletti (Lyman, 1883)
Species Ophiacantha bisquamata Matsumoto, 1915 accepted as Ophiotreta valenciennesi valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879) accepted as Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophiacantha cataleimmoida H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus cataleimmoidus (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiacantha cervicornis Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophioprium cervicornis (Lyman, 1883) (transferred to new genus)
Species Ophiacantha chelys Wyville Thomson, 1877 accepted as Ophioplinthaca chelys (C.W. Thomson, 1877)
Species Ophiacantha clandestina Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha clypeata Kyte, 1977 accepted as Ophiacantha trachybactra H.L. Clark, 1911 (juvenile form of O. trachybactra acc. to Martynov et al. (2015))
Species Ophiacantha composita sensu Mortensen, 1927 accepted as Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895 (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha composita sensu Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895 (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha confusa Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha congesta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophialcaea tuberculosa (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiosabine cuspidata (Lyman, 1878) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha dallasi Duncan, 1879 accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 (misspelling)
Species Ophiacantha danae Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha decipiens Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885
Species Ophiacantha decora Koehler, 1898 accepted as Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867
Species Ophiacantha densispina Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiosabine densispina (Mortensen, 1936) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha denuispina accepted as Ophiacantha densispina Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiosabine densispina (Mortensen, 1936) (lapsus calami, probably densispina misspelled)
Species Ophiacantha dilecta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta eximia (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha diploa H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
Species Ophiacantha discoidea Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867
Species Ophiacantha disjuncta (Koehler, 1911) accepted as Ophiacantha antarctica Koehler, 1900 (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha dissidens Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiopristis dissidens (Koehler, 1905)
Species Ophiacantha drygalskii (Hertz, 1927) accepted as Ophiocamax drygalskii Hertz, 1927
Species Ophiacantha dumosa A.H. Clark, 1949 accepted as Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiotreta durbanensis (Mortensen, 1933) (superceded combination)
Species Ophiacantha ensifera (Verrill, 1899) accepted as Ophiopristis ensifera Verrill, 1899
Species Ophiacantha euphylactea H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophientrema euphylactea (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiacantha eurythyra H.L. Clark, 1935 accepted as Ophiacantha eurythra H.L. Clark, 1935 (misspelling)
Species Ophiacantha eximia Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta eximia (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha fausta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha serrata Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha ficta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha gracilis Verrill, 1885 accepted as Ophiothamnus chariis H.L. Clark, 1915 (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark (1915))
Species Ophiacantha gracilis (Studer, 1882) accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 (Synonymized by O'Hara & Stöhr (2006))
Species Ophiacantha granulosa Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiomitrella granulosa (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiacantha graphica Koehler, 1922 accepted as Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
Species Ophiacantha gratiosa Koehler, 1897 accepted as Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiacantha groenlandica Müller & Troschel, 1844 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha hibernica Farran, 1913 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha hirsuta Lyman, 1875 accepted as Ophiopristis hirsuta (Lyman, 1875)
Species Ophiacantha hylacantha H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus hylacanthus (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiacantha hylacanthus H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus hylacanthus (H.L. Clark, 1911) (error in gender)
Species Ophiacantha imperita Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta imperita (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha ingrata Bernasconi & d'Agostino, 1975 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, misused species name without valid description)
Species Ophiacantha inutilis Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiacantha laevipellis Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiomitrella laevipellis (Lyman, 1883) (basionym)
Species Ophiacantha lambda H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiolimna perfida (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha leucorhabdota H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiomitra leucorhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiacantha leucosticta H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophientrema leucosticta (H.L. Clark, 1911) accepted as Ophientrema scolopendrica (Lyman, 1883)
Species Ophiacantha lineolata Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiotreta lineolata (Lyman, 1883) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha luctosa Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiopristis luctosa (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha matura Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta matura (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha megatetra H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiotoma megatreta (H.L. Clark, 1911) (misspelling of megatreta)
Species Ophiacantha megatreta H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiotoma megatreta (H.L. Clark, 1911)
Species Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869 accepted as Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869 (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark, 1915)
Species Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879 accepted as Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872 (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha mitsuii Murakami, 1942 accepted as Ophiopristis mitsuii Murakami, 1942
Species Ophiacantha nodosa Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiosabine nodosa (Lyman, 1878) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha normani Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiophthalmus normani (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophiacantha notata Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiosabine notata (Koehler, 1906) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha nudextrema H.L. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiomitrella nudextrema (H.L. Clark, 1939) (transferred by O'Hara & Stöhr (2006))
Species Ophiacantha oedidisca H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha oligacantha H.L. Clark, 1918 accepted as Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900) (transferred to Ophiocomella by Parslow & Clark, A.M. (1963))
Species Ophiacantha opercularis (Koehler, 1907) accepted as Ophiolimna opercularis Koehler, 1907
Species Ophiacantha ophiactoides H.L. Clark, 1900 accepted as Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900)
Species Ophiacantha parcita Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiosabine parcita (Koehler, 1906) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha paucispina Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiotoma paucispina (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) (transferred by H.L. Clark (1915))
Species Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiosabine pentactis (Mortensen, 1936) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha perfida Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiolimna perfida (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha placentigera Lyman, 1880 accepted as Ophiolimna placentigera (Lyman, 1880)
Species Ophiacantha polaris Koehler, 1901 accepted as Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophiacantha porrecta (Koehler, 1914) accepted as Ophiomitrella porrecta Koehler, 1914
Species Ophiacantha procera Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiopristis procera (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha relicta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904)
Species Ophiacantha robusta (Koehler, 1914) accepted as Ophiomitra robusta Koehler, 1914
Species Ophiacantha rosea Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiosabine rosea (Lyman, 1878) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha rufescens Koehler, 1896 accepted as Ophiotreta valenciennesi rufescens (Koehler, 1896) accepted as Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)
Species Ophiacantha scabra M. Sars, 1859 accepted as Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym acc. to Lyman (1882))
Species Ophiacantha scolopendrica Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophientrema scolopendrica (Lyman, 1883)
Species Ophiacantha segesta Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiacantha smitti Ljungman, 1872
Species Ophiacantha sertata (Lyman, 1869) accepted as Ophiotreta sertata (Lyman, 1869) (transferred to Ophiotreta by Verrill (1899))
Species Ophiacantha spectabilis G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Ophiotreta spectabilis (G.O. Sars, 1872) (unaccepted > superseded combination, transferred by O'Hara & Thuy, 2022)
Species Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
Species Ophiacantha stimulea Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
Species Ophiacantha suspecta Koehler, 1905 (unaccepted)
Species Ophiacantha tenuis Koehler, 1904 (unaccepted)
Species Ophiacantha tenuispina H.L. Clark, 1938 (unaccepted)
Species Ophiacantha troscheli Lyman, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Ophiacantha truncata Koehler, 1930 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Ophiacantha tuberculosa Lyman, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Ophiacantha valenciennesi Lyman, 1879 (unaccepted)
Species Ophiacantha valenciennesi sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman (unaccepted > nomen nudum, misapplication, no description)
Species Ophiacantha vestita Koehler, 1897 (unaccepted)
Species Ophiacantha vivipara Ljungman, 1871 (unaccepted, transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha wolfarntzi Martín-Ledo, Sands & López-González, 2013 (unaccepted, transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
Species Ophiacantha yaldwini Fell, 1958 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Ophiacantha yaldwyni Fell, 1958 (unaccepted > superseded combination, transferred by O'Hara & Thuy, 2022)
Species Ophiacantha inermis Mortensen, 1936 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, status unclear, no source)
Species Ophiacantha multispina (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Ophiacantha poliaster (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Ophiacantha sumneri (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123587 on 2025-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hansson, Hans

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2007-08-29 11:54:30Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2010-12-06 08:02:43Z

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Stöhr, Sabine

2013-02-15 09:53:03Z

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2022-03-31 09:06:47Z

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original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details]

original description (of Ophiodiplax Koehler, 1911) Koehler, R. (1911). Astéries, Ophiures, et Échinides de l'Expédition Antarctique Anglaise de 1907-1909. British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, Reports on the Scientific Investigations 2 (Biology). 4: 25-66., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46011 [details]

original description (of Ophioscalus Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa. 5(1), 1-86.
page(s): 39 [details]

original description (of Ophiectodia Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa. 5(1), 1-86.
page(s): 42 [details]

original description (of Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa. 5(1), 1-86. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2294231 [details]

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark Type species: Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 (=Asterias bidentata Retzius, 1805) by subsequent designation, see Clark (1915) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

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