Ophiacantha shepherdi

Ophiacantha shepherdi, dorsal view.

Ophiacantha shepherdi, ventral view.

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 shepherdi

Name

Ophiacantha shepherdi Baker & Devaney, 1981

Type locality: South Australia, Encounter Bay, Seal Rock, depth 24 m.

Holotype: SAM K1750.

Paratypes: BPBM W1831; SAM K1749; NMNZ 3083; NMNZ 3085; BPBM W1835; BPBM 1839; WAM 19–81; NMNZ 3641.

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha shepherdi Baker & Devaney, 1981: 163–167, figs. 37, 38, 69–74; — O’Hara, 1990: 298.

References

• Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155–178. BHL full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 50(2): 287–305. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.04 Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha shepherdi Baker & Devaney, 1981 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 07, 2025

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