Ophiacantha atopostoma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

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: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species: Ophiacantha atopostoma

Name

Ophiacantha atopostoma H.L. Clark, 1911

• Type locality: Albatross station 4772, Bering Sea, 54.5083°N 179.233°E / 54.5083; 179.233, 344 to 372 fathoms depth.

• Holotype: USNM 25599 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha atopostoma H.L. Clark, 1911: 228–230, fig. 107; — Downey, 1969: 63.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha atopostoma H.L. Clark, 1911 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on September 10, 2025