Ophiacantha metallacta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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

Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915

Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-2221 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2037 [3]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2040 [4]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2039 [5]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2038 [6]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2037 [7].

Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915: 202–203; — Downey, 1969: 74; — Paterson, 1985: 44, fig. 19; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2025: 45, figs. 16a–c, 19a–f.

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.
O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . 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.