Ophiacantha pentacrinus

Ophiacantha pentacrinus

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 pentacrinus

Name

Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869

Type locality: West Indies.

Holotype: NHMD 107719 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869: 28; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 203–204; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 79.
• Ophiacantha meridionalis Lyman, 1869: 324–325.
  • Type locality: Off Florida Keys, depth 132–296 fms.
  • Syntypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1974 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2112 [3]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2203 [4].
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1915: 203).

References

• 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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1869. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Beskrivende og kritiske bidrag til kundskab om slangestjernerne. Tredie Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 8: 20-109. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1869. Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L.F. de Pourtales, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 309-354. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha pentacrinus Lütken, 1869 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 21, 2025

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