Ophiacantha veterna

Ophiacantha veterna

Ophiacantha veterna

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 veterna

Name

Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907

Type locality: North of the Azores.

Syntype: MNHN-IE-2013-10304 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907: 41–43; — Koehler, 1909: 189–190, pl. 29 figs. 3–4; — Martynov & Litvinova, 2008: 96–97, fig. 11D; — Madeira et al., 2019: 37; — O’Hara & Thuy, 2022: 16–17, fig. 6A–B.
• Ophiacantha enopla veterna Koehler, 1907; — Paterson, 1985: 37, fig. 16; — Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005: 392; — Stöhr, O'Hara & Thuy, 2012: fig. 2B.

References

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907. Note préliminaire sur quelques Astéries et Ophiures provenant des campagnes de la Princesse-Alice. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique de Monaco. 99: 1-47. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1909b. Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (Astéries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoïdes). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco. 34: 1-317. BHL Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Martynov, A. & Litvinova, N.M. 2008. Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research. 4: 76-111. DOI: 10.1080/17451000701840066 Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Thuy, T. 2022. Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint-Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa. 5124(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1 Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S.; O'Hara, T.D.; Thuy, B. 2012: Global diversity of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). PLoS ONE 7(3): e31940. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031940 Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. & Segonzac, M. 2005. Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(2): 383–402. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011318h . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on March 28, 2025

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