Ophiacanthidae

Ophiacantha bidentata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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
Genera (14 + †22): †Alternacantha – †Brezinacantha – †Dermacantha – †Dermocoma – †Eolaxoporus – †Europacantha – †Geromura – †Hanshessia – †Inexpectacantha – †Ishidacantha – †Juracantha – †Krohcoma – †Lapidaster – †Leadagmara – †Manfredura – Ophiacantha – Ophialcaea – Ophientrema – Ophiocanops – Ophiochondrus – †Ophiogaleus – Ophiohamus – †Ophiojagtus – Ophiolebes – †Ophioleviathan – Ophiolimna – †Ophiomalleus – Ophiomitrella – Ophiomoeris – Ophioplinthaca – Ophioripa – Ophiosemnotes – †Ophiosternle – Ophiurothamnus – †Reitneracantha – †Sabinacantha

[source: World Ophiuroidea database (WoRMS 2018)]

Name

Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867: 326

Type genus: Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Ophiocanopidae Mortensen, 1932: 8

Type genus: Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Ljungman, A. [1866] 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 23(9): 303–336. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, pls VIII-XXIII. BHL Reference page.  [see page 319]
• Goharimanesh, M., Stöhr, S., Mirshamsi, O., Ghassemzadeh, F., Adriaens, D. 2021. Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 766(1), 1–63. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483 Reference page. 
• Martynov, A. 2010. Reassessment of the classification of the Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata), based on morphological characters. I. General character evaluation and delineation of the families Ophiomyxidae and Ophiacanthidae. Zootaxa 2697: 1–154. Preview.
• Nethupul, H., Stöhr, S. & Zhang, H-B. 2022. Review of Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899 (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiacanthidae), description of new species in Ophioplinthaca and Ophiophthalmus, and new records from the Northwest Pacific and the South China Sea. Zookeys 1099ː 155–202. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1099.76479 Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B., Stöhr, S. & Martynov, A. 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 415–430. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006 Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page. 

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123204 on 2020-05-28

• BHL bibliography
• Ophiacanthidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophiacanthidae.
• ION

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