Ophiacantha diplasia

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Ophiacantha diplasia H.L. Clark, 1911

Etymology: from Ancient Greek word for "twice as many", refers to the pair of tentacle scales.

Type locality: Albatross station 3051. Heceta Bank. Depth: 108m.

Holotype: USNM 25647

Paratypes: USNM 26247; USNM 26000; USNM 27216; USNM 27091; USNM 26814; USNM 27215; USNM 26248; USNM 26927; USNM 26987; MCZ OPH-3198; MCZ OPH-3199; MCZ OPH-3416; MCZ OPH-3417; MCZ OPH-3418;

Synonymy: Ophiophthalmus being a junior homonym, the species have been transfered back to Ophiacantha by Hendler, 1996

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. [see page 209, original description]

Kyte, M.A. 1982. Ophiacantha abyssa, new species, and Ophiophthalmus displasia (Clark), a suggested new combination in the Ophiuroid family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from off Oregon, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 95(3), 505-508. BHL Reference page. [see page 508, new combination reference for Ophiophthalmus diplasia]
Hendler, G. 1996. Class Ophiuroidea. In: Blake, J.A., Scott, P.H., Lissner, A. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. 14: 113-179 Reference page.

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha diplasia H.L. Clark, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244734 on 2020-04-15