Ophiacantha nerthepsila

Ophiacantha nerthepsila

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

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species: Ophiacantha nerthepsila

Name

Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923

Type locality: " Riet Point ", South Africa. N.E. by E., 2 miles, depth 23 fms.

Holotype: SAM A6437.

Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4316 [1]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-4317 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-4401 [3]; NHMD107467 [4].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923: 319–322, pl. 19(3–4), textfig. 1; — Mortensen, 1933: 316–317, fig. 37.
• Ophiacantha barracoutae Koehler, 1923: 5, figs. 1–3.
  • Type locality: South Africa, off Cape Barracouta, depth 40 fms.
  • Synonymised by Mortensen (1933: 316).

References

• Clark, H.L. 1923a. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 13(7): 221–435, pls VIII–XXIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R 1923. Sur quelques Ophiures des Côtes de l'Angola et du Cap. Meddelanden från Göteborgs musei zoologiska avdelning. 18: 1-17. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914—16. LXV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 215–400; pl. VIII–XIX. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 25, 2025

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