Ophiacantha placida

Ophiacantha placida

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 placida

Name

Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904)

Original combination: Ophiomitrella placida Koehler, 1904

Type locality: Indonesia, Kei Island and off West Timor, depth 204–304 m.

Syntypes: MNHN-IE-2013-10288 [1]; ZMA E2424–E2426.

Synonymy

• Ophiomitrella placida Koehler, 1904: 137–138, pl. 31 figs. 3–4.
• Ophiacantha ficta Koehler, 1904: 121–122, pl. 16 figs. 1–4; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 206.
  • Type locality: Indonesia, Kei Islands, 5.473333°S 132.003333°E / -5.473333; 132.003333, depth 204 m.
  • Holotype: ZMA E2423.
  • Synonymised by O’Hara & Stöhr (2006: 46).
• Ophiomitra microphylax H.L. Clark, 1911: 184–185, fig. 84.
  • Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Japan, Kagoshima, Osumi Strait, Sata Misaki, 30.9833°N 130.497°E / 30.9833; 130.497, depth 278 m.
  • Holotype: USNM 25608 [2].
  • Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-3231 [3]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-3232 [4]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-3431 [5].
  • Synonymised by O’Hara & Stöhr (2006: 46).
• Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904) H.L. Clark, 1915: 207; — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 46–48, fig. 3A–E.
• Ophiophthalmus placida (Koehler, 1904) Matsumoto, 1917: 106.
  • Synonymised by O’Hara & Stöhr (2006: 46).
• Ophiomelina placida (Koehler, 1904) Koehler, 1922: 130–131, pl. 30(8–9), 94(3).
  • Synonymised by O’Hara & Stöhr (2006: 46).

References

• Clark, H.L. 1911. North Pacific Ophiurans in the collection of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 75: 1-302. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1904. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 1. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLV: 1-176, 36 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1922. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. United States national museum bulletin. 100(5): 1-486. BHL Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 38: 1–408. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D. & Stöhr, S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. In: Richer de Forges, B. et al.. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 193: 33–141. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiacantha placida (Koehler, 1904) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 19, 2025

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