Ophiacantha pentagona

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 pentagona

Name

Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897

Type locality: Andaman Islands, SE of Port Blair, depth 492.

Lectotype: ZSI 3144/9 designated by O’Hara & Stöhr (2006: 44).

Paralectotypes: ZSI 3144/9; BMNH 1898.7.11.12; MNHN EcOs 20403.

Synonymy

Ophiacantha pentagona Koehler, 1897: 342–344, pl. 8(56–57); — Koehler, 1899: 53–54 pl. 4(27–29); — Koehler, 1904: 110; — H.L. Clark, 1911: 196–198; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 204; — Matsumoto, 1917: 116; — Koehler, 1922: 59–61, pl. 21(1, 5–6), 93(5); — Koehler, 1930: 60; — H.L. Clark, 1939: 43; — Murakami, 1942: 5; — Murakami, 1944: 251; — A.M. Clark, 1965: 66; — McKnight, 1975: 69; — Guille, 1981: 430; — McKnight, 1993: 174, 186; — Liao & A.M. Clark, 1995: 177 fig. 79; — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 44–46.

References

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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.
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. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(2): 29–136. BHL.Reference page.
Guille, A. 1981. Échinodermes: Ophiurides. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM: 1. Philippines (18-28 Mars 1976). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 91: 413-456, 4 figs, 9 pls. PDF. Reference page.
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Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1899. An account of the deep-sea Ophiuroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. Trustees of the Indian Museum: Calcutta. BHL 1(1): 1-74, pls I-XIV. Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1904. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLV: 1-176, 36 pl. BHL Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin 100(5): 1–486. BHL Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LIV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 89, 1–295, 22 pl. Reference page.
Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The Echinoderms of Southern China. Science Press, Beijing. 614 pp. Reference page.
Matsumoto, H. 1917. A Monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new Classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 38(2): 1–408. BHL Reference page.
McKnight, D.G. 1975. Some echinoderms from the northern Tasman Sea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records. 2(5): 49-76. 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.
Murakami, S. 1942. Ophiurans of Izu, Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyûshû Imperial University 7(1): 1-36, 12 figs. hdl: 2324/22594 PDF Reference page.
Murakami, S. 1944. Report on the ophiurans from off Ogasawara Islands and from off the Yaeyama group, Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyûshû Imperial University 7(7): 235-257, 14 figs. hdl: 2324/22600 PDF 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 pentagona Koehler, 1897 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 20, 2025