Histampica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiactoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina Superfamilia: Ophiactoidea

Familia: Ophiothamnidae
Genus: Histampica
Species (8): H. canescens – H. cythera – H. dissidens – H. duplicata – H. haimaensis – H. lycidas – H. rugosa – H. sinica – H. umbonata

Name

Histampica A.M. Clark, 1970

• ZooBank: A4ACC6C7-C97F-46D4-960A-EC894ACD6334

Note: replacement name for Amphiactis Matsumoto, 1917

• Type species: Amphiactis umbonata Matsumoto, 1915, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Amphiactis Matsumoto, 1915: 66–67.
• Histampica A.M. Clark, 1970: 73–74; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 21..

References

• Clark, A.M. 1970. Notes on the family Amphiuridae (Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology 19(1): 1–81. BHL 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Histampica A.M. Clark, 1970 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on October 21, 2025

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