Ophiacantha swio

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 swio

Name

Ophiacantha swio O'Hara & Thuy, 2025: 47–48, figs. 16k–n, 18

• ZooBank: EB5F3CF4-6A8A-488E-A7D2-CB2DA40F8320

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Southwest Indian Ridge, Coral Seamount, 41.36279°S 42.91511°E / -41.36279; 42.91511, depth 740 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 2025.34 [1].

• Paratypes: NMV F321042; BMNH 2025.35 [2].

References

• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2025. Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5718(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha swio O'Hara & Thuy, 2025 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on January 18, 2026