Glaciacantha cryptum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

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: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiopyrgidae
Genus: Glaciacantha
Species: Glaciacantha cryptum

Name

Glaciacantha cryptum (McKnight, 2003)

• Original combination: Ophiocten cryptum McKnight, 2003

• ZooBank: 61A7E67-1A46-4F07-A1F8-A0A98138B45F

• Type locality: South Pacific Ocean. 42.802333°S 179.987833°E / -42.802333; 179.987833, depth 931–1013 m.

• Holotype: NIWA 3347.

• Paratype: NIWA 5180.

Synonymy

• Ophiocten cryptum McKnight, 2003: 12–14, fig. 5A–B
• Glaciacantha cryptum (McKnight, 2003) O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 28.

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. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Glaciacantha cryptum (McKnight, 2003) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 04, 2026