Glaciacantha nizari

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 nizari

Name

Glaciacantha nizari O'Hara & Thuy, 2025: 26–28, fig. 8a–m

• ZooBank: 150E1956-19A7-46B3-851C-D87E28FDCFBE

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Southwest Indian Ridge, Coral seamount, depth 740 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 2025.62 [1].

• Paratypes: BMNH 2025.61 [2]; NMV F321040.

References

• 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 nizari O'Hara & Thuy, 2025 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 04, 2026