Ophiacantha severa

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 severa

Name

Ophiacantha severa Koehler, 1922

• ZooBank: 9973368C-22F6-4FCE-999F-D88E8CD5AD82

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Moluccas, Halmahera Island, Patinti Strait, south of Doworra Island, 0.8333°S 128.2°E / -0.8333; 128.2, depth 375 m.

• Lectotype: USNM 41238 [1].

• Paralectotype: USNM 41237 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha severa Koehler, 1922: 61–63, pl. 17 figs. 1–3; — Downey, 1969: 81; — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 89.
• Ophiomitrella severa (Koehler, 1922) Koehler, 1930.

References

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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 severa Koehler, 1922 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 07, 2025