Ophiacantha indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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 indica

Name

Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867

Type locality: Indonesia, between Batavia and Singapore.

Holotype: SMNH Type-1403.

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867: 326; — Koehler, 1905: 56–57; — Koehler, 1930: 59–60; — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 52–53, fig. 17L.
• Ophiacantha discoidea Lyman, 1879: 57, pl. 15(405–407); — Lyman, 1882: 196, pl. 26(1–3); — H.L. Clark, 1921: 105–106, pl. 12(4); — H.L. Clark, 1938: 209.
  • ZooBank: 1B866785-C73F-42D6-A959-C9298D40B612
  • Type locality: Arafura Sea, 8.933333°S 136.083333°E / -8.933333; 136.083333, depth 91 m.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1882.12.23.329.
  • Synonymised by O’Hara & Stöhr (2006: 52).
• Ophiacantha decora Koehler, 1898: 81–83, pl. 5(44–46).
  • Type locality: Indian Ocean.
  • Syntypes: ZSI ZEV 318/7, ZSI ZEV 319/7; ZSI ZEV 5129/7.
  • Synonymised by Koehler (1905: 56).

References

• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1898. Echinoderms recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Ocean Indien, II. Les Ophiures littorales. Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 31:55-126, pl. II-V. BHL. Full issue. Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1905. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. Siboga-Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLVb: 1-140, 18 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 89, 1–295, 22 pl. Reference page. 
• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(2): 17–84. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. In: Richer de Forges, B. et al.. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 193: 33–141. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha indica Ljungman, 1867 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 16, 2025

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