Ophiactis krebsii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina

Familia: Ophiactidae
Genus: Ophiactis
Species: Ophiactis krebsii

Name

Ophiactis krebsii Lütken, 1856

• ZooBank: B5952048-3148-466B-BB96-0F695FAB57BE

• Type locality: Caribbean Sea, Saint Thomas.

• Syntype: ZMB Collection Echinodermata 919 [1].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

• Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1918: 305).

Synonymy

• Ophiactis krebsii Lütken, 1856: 12; — Lütken, 1859: 228–229; — Rathbun, 1879: 153; — H.L. Clark, 1900: 246.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1900. The Echinoderms of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 20(2): 233–263. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle-Stars, New and Old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(6): 263–338, 8 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1856. Bidrag til kundskab om Slangestjernerne. II. Oversigt over de vestindiske Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854–56: 1–19. BHL [In Danish] Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1859. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 5: 177-271, 5 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Rathbun, R. 1879. A List of the Brazilian Echinoderms, with Notes on their Distribution, etc. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 139–158. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiactis krebsii Lütken, 1859 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 25, 2026