Ophiacantha eurypoma

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 eurypoma

Name

Ophiacantha eurypoma H.L. Clark, 1911

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Alaska, Alexander Archipelago, 55.3333°N 136.333°W / 55.3333; -136.333, depth 2869 m.

• Syntypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-3201 [1]; USNM 25626 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha eurypoma H.L. Clark, 1911: 223–224, fig. 103; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 198; — Downey, 1969: 69.

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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. 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 eurypoma H.L. Clark, 1911 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on June 18, 2025