Ophiactis kroeyeri

Ophiactis kroeyeri

Ophiactis kroeyeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 kroeyeri

Name

Ophiactis kroeyeri Lütken, 1856

• ZooBank: 2CDDDE61-AE4D-417A-9F01-2CD37F69FBBE

• Type locality: South Pacific Ocean, 12.05°S 77.183°W / -12.05; -77.183.

• Syntypes: NHMD107686 [1]; ZMB Collection Echinodermata 920 [2].

• Etymology: named after Henrik Nikolaj Krøyer.

Synonymy

• Ophiactis kröyeri Lütken, 1856: 24; — H.L. Clark, 1918: 296, 306; — A.H. Clark, 1949: 36.
• Ophiolepis atacamensis Philippi, 1860
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1918: 296).
• Ophiactis fragilis Ljungman, 1866
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1918: 296).

References

• Clark, A.H. 1949. Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 195: 3-133. PDF 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. III. Bidrag til kundskab om Ophiurerne ved Central-Amerikas Vestkyst. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1854–56: 20–26. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiactis kroeyeri Lütken, 1856 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on July 04, 2026