Ophiacantha levispina

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 levispina

Name

Ophiacantha levispina Lyman, 1878

Type locality: Challenger station 214, Indonesia, off Meangis Island, depth 500 fms.

Holotype: BMNH 1882.12.23.38.

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha levispina Lyman, 1878: 147–148, pl. 10(277); — Lyman, 1882: 196–197, pl. 25(1–3); — H.L. Clark, 1911: 198–199; — Fell, 1958: 22–23; — Irimura, 1981: 20–21; — McKnight, 1993: 174–186; — Fujita, Ishida & Irimura, S., 1997: 258; — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 40–41, fig. 1(K–M).

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. 
• Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University College. 24: 1-40. Online Reference page. 
• Fujita, T., Ishida, Y., Irimura, S. 1997. Ophiuroids Collected from the Deep Waters of Suruga Bay, Central Japan. National Science Museum Monographs 12: 257–268.Reference page. 
• Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans from Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 26(1–3): 15–49. DOI: 10.5134/176023 Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(7): 65–168. 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. 
• McKnight, D.G. 1993a. Records of echinoderms (excluding holothurians) from the Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 20(3): 165-190. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1993.10422858 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 levispina Lyman, 1878 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 04, 2025