Ophiacantha aster

Ophiacantha aster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species: Ophiacantha aster

Name

Ophiacantha aster Nethupul, Stöhr & Zhang, 2022: 57–61, figs. 31–33

• ZooBank: 6AB8A891-700D-4BF2-8873-5CD18178795E

• Type locality: CHINA, South China Sea, SE of Zhongsha Islands, seamount, 13.995000°N 115.413500°E / 13.995000; 115.413500, depth 516 m.

• Holotype: IDSSE EEB-SW0026.

• Paratypes: IDSSE EEB-SW0027; IDSSE EEB-SW0046–SW0057.

References

• Nethupul, H., Stöhr, S. & Zhang, H-B. 2022. New species, redescriptions and new records of deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the South China Sea, an integrated morphological and molecular approach. European Journal of Taxonomy. 810(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.810.1723 Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha aster Nethupul, Stöhr & Zhang, 2022 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on September 16, 2025

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