Ophiacantha enopla

Ophiacantha enopla, dorsal view.

Ophiacantha enopla, ventral view.

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 enopla

Name

Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885

Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean, United States, Massachusetts, southeast of Martha's Vineyard.

Syntypes: USNM 24781 [1]; YPM IZ 009417.EC [2]; YPM IZ 007675.EC [3].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885: 153; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 196.
• Ophiacantha enopla enopla Verrill, 1885; — Paterson, 1985: 36–37, fig. 16.
  • Subspecies removed by Martynov & Litvinova (2008: 97).

References

• Martynov, A. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066 Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1885a. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England No. 11. American Journal of Science serie 3. 29(170): 149–157. BHL Reference page. 
• Smirnov, I.S., Piepenburg, D., Ahearn, C., Juterzenka, K.V. 2014. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. 11(1): 192–209. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on June 19, 2025

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