Ophiacantha fraterna

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

Ophiacantha fraterna Verrill, 1885

Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean, USA, Delaware, Delaware Bay, offshore of Delaware Bay, depth 2551 m. 37°50′00″N 37°50′00″E / 37.8333°N 37.8333°E / 37.8333; 37.8333

Lectotype: USNM 33816 [1] designated by Martynov & Litvinova (2008).

Paralectotype: USNM 1100626 [2] designated by Martynov & Litvinova (2008).

Ophiacantha fraterna Verrill, 1885c: 545; — Martynov & Litvinova, 2008: 91–96, figs. 8A, B, F, H, 9, 11A.
Ophiacantha bidentata var. fraterna Mortensen, 1933: 21, 22, figs. 6–7.

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.
Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL Reference page.
Verrill, A.E. 1885c. Results of the explorations made by the Steamer “Albatross” off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington. 11: 503–699. BHL. Reference page.