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Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842

Ophiacantha bidentata - oral view details
Ophiacantha bidentata - oral view details

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiacanthida (Order)
  10. Ophiacanthina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiacanthidae (Family)
  12. Ophiacantha (Genus)
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Genus
Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (none of the proposed species...)  
none of the proposed species remains in this subgenus
Ophientodia Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiomelina Koehler, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophioscalus Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Ophiacantha abyssa Kyte, 1982
  2. Species Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872
  3. Species Ophiacantha acanthinotata H.L. Clark, 1911
  4. Species Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill, 1885
  5. Species Ophiacantha adiaphora H.L. Clark, 1911
  6. Species Ophiacantha aenigmatica Matsumoto, 1917
  7. Species Ophiacantha alternata A.M. Clark, 1966
  8. Species Ophiacantha angolensis Koehler, 1923
  9. Species Ophiacantha aspera Lyman, 1878
  10. Species Ophiacantha aster Nethupul, Stöhr & Zhang, 2022
  11. Species Ophiacantha atopostoma H.L. Clark, 1911
  12. Species Ophiacantha baccata Mortensen, 1933
  13. Species Ophiacantha bathybia H.L. Clark, 1911
  14. Species Ophiacantha benigna Koehler, 1922
  15. Species Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
  16. Species Ophiacantha brachygnatha H.L. Clark, 1928
  17. Species Ophiacantha brasiliensis Tommasi & Abreu, 1974
  18. Species Ophiacantha brevispina Koehler, 1898
  19. Species Ophiacantha clavigera Koehler, 1907
  20. Species Ophiacantha composita Koehler, 1897
  21. Species Ophiacantha contigua Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  22. Species Ophiacantha cornuta Lyman, 1878
  23. Species Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878
  24. Species Ophiacantha costata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  25. Species Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885
  26. Species Ophiacantha curima Clark, 1915
  27. Species Ophiacantha cyrena A.H. Clark, 1916
  28. Species Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879
  29. Species Ophiacantha decaactis Belyaev & Litvinova, 1976
  30. Species Ophiacantha densa Farran, 1913
  31. Species Ophiacantha deruens Koehler, 1907
  32. Species Ophiacantha diplasia H.L. Clark, 1911
  33. Species Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
  34. Species Ophiacantha echinulata Lyman, 1878
  35. Species Ophiacantha enneactis H.L. Clark, 1911
  36. Species Ophiacantha eurypoma H.L. Clark, 1911
  37. Species Ophiacantha eurythra H.L. Clark, 1935
  38. Species Ophiacantha exilis (Koehler, 1922)
  39. Species Ophiacantha fidelis (Koehler, 1930)
  40. Species Ophiacantha fraterna Verrill, 1885
  41. Species Ophiacantha frigida Koehler, 1907
  42. Species Ophiacantha funebris (Koehler, 1930)
  43. Species Ophiacantha fuscina O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006
  44. Species Ophiacantha granulifera Verrill, 1885
  45. Species Ophiacantha helenae Mortensen, 1933
  46. Species Ophiacantha heterotyla H.L. Clark, 1909
  47. Species Ophiacantha hirta Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  48. Species Ophiacantha hospes Koehler, 1930
  49. Species Ophiacantha inconspicua Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  50. Species Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867
  51. Species Ophiacantha iquiquensis Castillo-Alácon, 1968
  52. Species Ophiacantha kokusai Martynov, Ishida, Irimura, Tajiri, O'Hara & Fujita, 2015
  53. Species Ophiacantha languida (Koehler, 1904)
  54. Species Ophiacantha lasia H.L. Clark, 1915
  55. Species Ophiacantha legata Koehler, 1922
  56. Species Ophiacantha lepidota H.L. Clark, 1911
  57. Species Ophiacantha levis (Koehler, 1914)
  58. Species Ophiacantha levispina Lyman, 1878
  59. Species Ophiacantha linea Shin & Rho, 1986
  60. Species Ophiacantha lineata Koehler, 1896
  61. Species Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
  62. Species Ophiacantha longispina Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005
  63. Species Ophiacantha lophobrachia H.L. Clark, 1911
  64. Species Ophiacantha macrarthra H.L. Clark, 1911
  65. Species Ophiacantha marsupialis Lyman, 1875
  66. Species Ophiacantha mesembria H.L. Clark, 1915
  67. Species Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915
  68. Species Ophiacantha moniliformis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  69. Species Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923
  70. Species Ophiacantha nitens Mortensen, 1933
  71. Species Ophiacantha nutrix Baranova, 1955
  72. Species Ophiacantha omoplata H.L. Clark, 1911
  73. Species Ophiacantha otagoensis Fell, 1958
  74. Species Ophiacantha pacata Koehler, 1922
  75. Species Ophiacantha pacifica Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  76. Species Ophiacantha paramedea Hertz, 1927
  77. Species Ophiacantha parasema H.L. Clark, 1923
  78. Species Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869
  79. Species Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897
  80. Species Ophiacantha phragma Ziesenhenne, 1940
  81. Species Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904)
  82. Species Ophiacantha prionota H.L. Clark, 1911
  83. Species Ophiacantha prolata Mortensen, 1933
  84. Species Ophiacantha pyriformis Ziesenhenne, 1937
  85. Species Ophiacantha quadrispina H.L. Clark, 1917
  86. Species Ophiacantha renekoehleri O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006
  87. Species Ophiacantha rhachophora H.L. Clark, 1911
  88. Species Ophiacantha richeri O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006
  89. Species Ophiacantha savagica Tommasi, 1976
  90. Species Ophiacantha scissionis Lee, Stöhr, Bae & Shin, 2019
  91. Species Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878
  92. Species Ophiacantha scutigera Mortensen, 1933
  93. Species Ophiacantha sentosa Lyman, 1878
  94. Species Ophiacantha serrata Lyman, 1878
  95. Species Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805)
  96. Species Ophiacantha severa Koehler, 1922
  97. Species Ophiacantha shepherdi Baker & Devaney, 1981
  98. Species Ophiacantha similis A.H. Clark, 1916
  99. Species Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895
  100. Species Ophiacantha smitti Ljungman, 1872
  101. Species Ophiacantha sociabilis Koehler, 1897
  102. Species Ophiacantha sollicita Koehler, 1922
  103. Species Ophiacantha spinifera Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  104. Species Ophiacantha spinosella Mortensen, 1933
  105. Species Ophiacantha stellata Lyman, 1875
  106. Species Ophiacantha striolata Mortensen, 1933
  107. Species Ophiacantha swio O'Hara & Thuy, 2025
  108. Species Ophiacantha trachyacantha Djakonov, 1954
  109. Species Ophiacantha trachybactra H.L. Clark, 1911
  110. Species Ophiacantha trivialis Mortensen, 1933
  111. Species Ophiacantha vagans Koehler, 1898
  112. Species Ophiacantha varispina Verrill, 1885
  113. Species Ophiacantha vepratica Lyman, 1878
  114. Species Ophiacantha vilis Mortensen, 1924
  115. Species Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897
  116. Species Ophiacantha inermis Mortensen, 1936 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, status unclear, no source)
  117. Species Ophiacantha multispina (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  118. Species Ophiacantha poliaster (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  119. Species Ophiacantha sumneri (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  120. 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))
  121. 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)
  122. 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)
  123. Species Ophiacantha abnormis Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
  124. Species Ophiacantha acutata Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiacantha scutata Lyman, 1878 (misspelling)
  125. Species Ophiacantha amelata H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 (synonymized by O'Hara & Stöhr (2006))
  126. Species Ophiacantha ameleta H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879
  127. Species Ophiacantha anchilabra H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiacantha vorax Koehler, 1897
  128. Species Ophiacantha anomala G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Ophiosabine anomala (G.O. Sars, 1872) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  129. Species Ophiacantha antarctica (Lyman, 1879) sensu Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879) (synonym)
  130. Species Ophiacantha antarctica Koehler, 1900 accepted as Ophiodiplax antarctica (Koehler, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  131. Species Ophiacantha aristata Koehler, 1895 accepted as Ophiosabine aristata (Koehler, 1895) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  132. Species Ophiacantha audax Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
  133. Species Ophiacantha augusta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha vepratica Lyman, 1878
  134. Species Ophiacantha bairdi Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiolimna bairdi (Lyman, 1883) (synonym)
  135. Species Ophiacantha barracoutae Koehler, 1923 accepted as Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923
  136. Species Ophiacantha bartletti Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiotoma bartletti (Lyman, 1883)
  137. Species Ophiacantha bisquamata Matsumoto, 1915 accepted as Ophiotreta valenciennesi valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879) accepted as Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)
  138. Species Ophiacantha cataleimmoida H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus cataleimmoidus (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  139. Species Ophiacantha cervicornis Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophioprium cervicornis (Lyman, 1883) (transferred to new genus)
  140. Species Ophiacantha chelys Wyville Thomson, 1877 accepted as Ophioplinthaca chelys (C.W. Thomson, 1877)
  141. Species Ophiacantha clandestina Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
  142. Species Ophiacantha clypeata Kyte, 1977 accepted as Ophiacantha trachybactra H.L. Clark, 1911 (juvenile form of O. trachybactra acc. to Martynov et al. (2015))
  143. Species Ophiacantha composita sensu Mortensen, 1927 accepted as Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895 (synonym)
  144. Species Ophiacantha composita sensu Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895 (synonym)
  145. Species Ophiacantha confusa Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
  146. Species Ophiacantha congesta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophialcaea tuberculosa (Lyman, 1878)
  147. Species Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiosabine cuspidata (Lyman, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  148. Species Ophiacantha dallasi Duncan, 1879 accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 (misspelling)
  149. Species Ophiacantha danae Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
  150. Species Ophiacantha decipiens Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885
  151. Species Ophiacantha decora Koehler, 1898 accepted as Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867
  152. Species Ophiacantha densispina Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiosabine densispina (Mortensen, 1936) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  153. Species Ophiacantha denuispina accepted as Ophiacantha densispina Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiosabine densispina (Mortensen, 1936) (lapsus calami, probably densispina misspelled)
  154. Species Ophiacantha dilecta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta eximia (Koehler, 1904)
  155. Species Ophiacantha diploa H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiacantha duplex Koehler, 1897
  156. Species Ophiacantha discoidea Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867
  157. Species Ophiacantha disjuncta (Koehler, 1911) accepted as Ophiacantha antarctica Koehler, 1900 accepted as Ophiodiplax antarctica (Koehler, 1900) (synonym)
  158. Species Ophiacantha dissidens Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiopristis dissidens (Koehler, 1905)
  159. Species Ophiacantha drygalskii (Hertz, 1927) accepted as Ophiocamax drygalskii Hertz, 1927
  160. Species Ophiacantha dumosa A.H. Clark, 1949 accepted as Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
  161. Species Ophiacantha durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Ophiotreta durbanensis (Mortensen, 1933) (superceded combination)
  162. Species Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885 accepted as Ophiectodia enopla (Verrill, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Transferred to Ophiectodia)
  163. Species Ophiacantha ensifera (Verrill, 1899) accepted as Ophiopristis ensifera Verrill, 1899
  164. Species Ophiacantha euphylactea H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophientrema euphylactea (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  165. Species Ophiacantha eurythyra H.L. Clark, 1935 accepted as Ophiacantha eurythra H.L. Clark, 1935 (misspelling)
  166. Species Ophiacantha eximia Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta eximia (Koehler, 1904)
  167. Species Ophiacantha fausta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha serrata Lyman, 1878
  168. Species Ophiacantha ficta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904)
  169. Species Ophiacantha gracilis Verrill, 1885 accepted as Ophiothamnus chariis H.L. Clark, 1915 (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark (1915))
  170. Species Ophiacantha gracilis (Studer, 1882) accepted as Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879 (Synonymized by O'Hara & Stöhr (2006))
  171. Species Ophiacantha granulosa Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiomitrella granulosa (Lyman, 1878)
  172. Species Ophiacantha graphica Koehler, 1922 accepted as Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
  173. Species Ophiacantha gratiosa Koehler, 1897 accepted as Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
  174. Species Ophiacantha groenlandica Müller & Troschel, 1844 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
  175. Species Ophiacantha hibernica Farran, 1913 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
  176. Species Ophiacantha hirsuta Lyman, 1875 accepted as Ophiopristis hirsuta (Lyman, 1875)
  177. Species Ophiacantha hylacantha H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus hylacanthus (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  178. Species Ophiacantha hylacanthus H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus hylacanthus (H.L. Clark, 1911) (error in gender)
  179. Species Ophiacantha imago Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiectodia imago (Lyman, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  180. Species Ophiacantha imperita Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta imperita (Koehler, 1904)
  181. Species Ophiacantha ingrata Bernasconi & d'Agostino, 1975 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, misused species name without valid description)
  182. Species Ophiacantha inutilis Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta stimulea (Lyman, 1878)
  183. Species Ophiacantha laevipellis Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiomitrella laevipellis (Lyman, 1883) (basionym)
  184. Species Ophiacantha lambda H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiolimna perfida (Koehler, 1904)
  185. Species Ophiacantha leucorhabdota H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiomitra leucorhabdota (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  186. Species Ophiacantha leucosticta H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophientrema leucosticta (H.L. Clark, 1911) accepted as Ophientrema scolopendrica (Lyman, 1883)
  187. Species Ophiacantha lineolata Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophiotreta lineolata (Lyman, 1883) (synonym)
  188. Species Ophiacantha luctosa Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiopristis luctosa (Koehler, 1904)
  189. Species Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915 accepted as Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) (synonym)
  190. Species Ophiacantha matura Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiotreta matura (Koehler, 1904)
  191. Species Ophiacantha megatetra H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiotoma megatreta (H.L. Clark, 1911) (misspelling of megatreta)
  192. Species Ophiacantha megatreta H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiotoma megatreta (H.L. Clark, 1911)
  193. Species Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869 accepted as Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869 (synonym acc. to H.L. Clark, 1915)
  194. Species Ophiacantha millespina Verrill, 1879 accepted as Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872 (synonym)
  195. Species Ophiacantha mitsuii Murakami, 1942 accepted as Ophiopristis mitsuii Murakami, 1942
  196. Species Ophiacantha nodosa Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiosabine nodosa (Lyman, 1878) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  197. Species Ophiacantha normani Lyman, 1879 accepted as Ophiophthalmus normani (Lyman, 1879)
  198. Species Ophiacantha notata Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiosabine notata (Koehler, 1906) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  199. Species Ophiacantha nudextrema H.L. Clark, 1939 accepted as Ophiomitrella nudextrema (H.L. Clark, 1939) (transferred by O'Hara & Stöhr (2006))
  200. Species Ophiacantha oedidisca H.L. Clark, 1911 accepted as Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904)
  201. Species Ophiacantha oligacantha H.L. Clark, 1918 accepted as Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900) (transferred to Ophiocomella by Parslow & Clark, A.M. (1963))
  202. Species Ophiacantha opercularis (Koehler, 1907) accepted as Ophiolimna opercularis Koehler, 1907
  203. Species Ophiacantha ophiactoides H.L. Clark, 1900 accepted as Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900)
  204. Species Ophiacantha opulenta Koehler, 1907 accepted as Ophiectodia opulenta (Koehler, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  205. Species Ophiacantha parcita Koehler, 1906 accepted as Ophiosabine parcita (Koehler, 1906) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  206. Species Ophiacantha paucispina Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 accepted as Ophiotoma paucispina (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) (transferred by H.L. Clark (1915))
  207. Species Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen, 1936 accepted as Ophiosabine pentactis (Mortensen, 1936) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  208. Species Ophiacantha perfida Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiolimna perfida (Koehler, 1904)
  209. Species Ophiacantha placentigera Lyman, 1880 accepted as Ophiolimna placentigera (Lyman, 1880)
  210. Species Ophiacantha polaris Koehler, 1901 accepted as Ophiolimna antarctica (Lyman, 1879)
  211. Species Ophiacantha porrecta (Koehler, 1914) accepted as Ophiomitrella porrecta Koehler, 1914
  212. Species Ophiacantha procera Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiopristis procera (Koehler, 1904)
  213. Species Ophiacantha relicta Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904)
  214. Species Ophiacantha robusta (Koehler, 1914) accepted as Ophiomitra robusta Koehler, 1914
  215. Species Ophiacantha rosea Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiosabine rosea (Lyman, 1878) (transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  216. Species Ophiacantha rufescens Koehler, 1896 accepted as Ophiotreta rufescens (Koehler, 1896)
  217. Species Ophiacantha scabra M. Sars, 1859 accepted as Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym acc. to Lyman (1882))
  218. Species Ophiacantha scolopendrica Lyman, 1883 accepted as Ophientrema scolopendrica (Lyman, 1883)
  219. Species Ophiacantha segesta Lyman, 1878 accepted as Ophiacantha smitti Ljungman, 1872
  220. Species Ophiacantha sertata (Lyman, 1869) (unaccepted, transferred to Ophiotreta by Verrill (1899))
  221. Species Ophiacantha spectabilis G.O. Sars, 1872 (unaccepted > superseded combination, transferred by O'Hara & Thuy, 2022)
  222. Species Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842 (unaccepted, synonym)
  223. Species Ophiacantha stimulea Lyman, 1878 (unaccepted)
  224. Species Ophiacantha suspecta Koehler, 1905 (unaccepted)
  225. Species Ophiacantha tenuis Koehler, 1904 (unaccepted)
  226. Species Ophiacantha tenuispina H.L. Clark, 1938 (unaccepted)
  227. Species Ophiacantha troscheli Lyman, 1878 (unaccepted)
  228. Species Ophiacantha truncata Koehler, 1930 (unaccepted, synonym)
  229. Species Ophiacantha tuberculosa Lyman, 1878 (unaccepted)
  230. Species Ophiacantha valenciennesi Lyman, 1879 (unaccepted)
  231. Species Ophiacantha valenciennesi sensu Lieberkind, 1929, non Lyman (unaccepted > nomen nudum, misapplication, no description)
  232. Species Ophiacantha vestita Koehler, 1897 (unaccepted)
  233. Species Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  234. Species Ophiacantha vivipara Ljungman, 1871 (unaccepted, transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  235. Species Ophiacantha wolfarntzi Martín-Ledo, Sands & López-González, 2013 (unaccepted, transferred to Ophiosabine by O'Hara & Thuy (2022))
  236. Species Ophiacantha yaldwini Fell, 1958 (unaccepted, misspelling)
  237. Species Ophiacantha yaldwyni Fell, 1958 (unaccepted > superseded combination, transferred by O'Hara & Thuy, 2022)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 [details] OpenAccess publication
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 2025-12-11
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Nomenclature

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

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

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

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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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. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details] 

additional source Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology).</em> 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. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 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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