Ophiactis tricolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 tricolor

Name

Ophiactis tricolor H.L. Clark, 1928

• ZooBank: DF2008CE-1DA5-424E-B4C7-729ED20E90CC

• Holotype: SAMA K213 [1] [formely E458].

• Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4627 [2]; SAMA K214 [3].

Synonymy

• Ophiactis tricolor H.L. Clark, 1928: 427–429, fig. 126; — H.L. Clark, 1938: 262; — Cotton & Godfrey, 1942: 212.
• Ophiactis laevis H.L. Clark, 1938: 268–270; — Cotton & Godfrey, 1942: 212.
  • Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, Bunbury, Koombana Bay. 33.313330°S 115.647780°E / -33.313330; 115.647780. Depth 5-8 fms.
  • Holotype: MCZ OPH-5055 [4]
  • Paratypes: MCZ OPH-5056 [5]; MCZ OPH-5058 [6]; ZMUC OPH-000185; WAM Z1965 [7]; WAM Z1966 [8].

References

• Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum 3(4): 361–482. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1942. Echinodermata of the Flindersian Region, Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 7: 193–234. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiactis tricolor H.L. Clark, 1928 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on August 10, 2025