Ophiacantha oligacantha

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

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species: Ophiacantha oligacantha

Name

Ophiacantha oligacantha H.L. Clark, 1918

• ZooBank: 6508B8B4-3ED5-4FAA-A76E-F834D9AAB695

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Garden Key, 24.6281190°N 82.874381°W / 24.6281190; -82.874381.

• Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4214 [1].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H.L. Clark, 1900)

• Synonymised by Parslow & A.M. Clark (1963: 37).

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha oligacantha H.L. Clark, 1918: 265–267, pl. 7(5); — Downey, 1969: 75–76.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle-Stars, New and Old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(6): 263–338, 8 pl. 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. 
• Parslow, R.E. & Clark, A.M. 1963. Ophiuroidea of the Lesser Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 15(67): 24–25. Internet Archive. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha oligacantha H.L. Clark, 1918 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on March 17, 2026