Ophiacantha rhachophora

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

Ophiacantha rhachophora H.L. Clark, 1911

Type locality: R/V “Albatross”, sta. 4902, 10-08-1906, Gotō Islands, 32°30′50″N 128°34′40″E / 32.513889°N 128.577778°E / 32.513889; 128.577778, depth 254 m.

Holotype: USNM 25630 [1].

Paratypes: MCZ OPH-3423 [2]; MCZ OPH-3223 [3]; MCZ OPH-3224 [4]; USNM 25987 [5].

Ophiacantha rhachophora H.L. Clark, 1911: 201–202, fig. 92; — H.L. Clark, 1913: 217; — Murakami, 1942: 5–6; — Kyte, 1977: 55–57, figs. 1–2; — Martynov et al., 2015: 18–27, figs. 2, 7–11.

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. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page.
Kyte, M.A. 1977. Ophiacantha clypeata n. sp. from the Bering sea, with a redescription of Ophiacantha rhachophora Clark (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90(1): 55-60. BHL Reference page.
Martynov, A., Ishida, Y., Irimura, S., Tajiri, R., O’Hara, T.D., Fujita, T. 2015. When Ontogeny Matters: A New Japanese Species of Brittle Star Illustrates the Importance of Considering both Adult and Juvenile Characters in Taxonomic Practice. PLoS ONE. 10(10): e0139463. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139463 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.