Ophiothrix leucotrigona

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: Ophiothricidae
Genus: Ophiothrix
Subgenus: Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix)
Species: Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) leucotrigona

Name

Ophiothrix leucotrigona H.L. Clark, 1918

• ZooBank: B89F9113-2A68-4C4B-8D98-5BEDEEF681E0

• Type locality: Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Mindoro Island, Port Galera, 13.4993480°N 120.958834°E / 13.4993480; 120.958834.

• Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-3988 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophiothrix leucotrigona H.L. Clark, 1918: 324–325, pl. 5(2); — Downey, 1969: 192.
• Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) leucotrigona H.L. Clark, 1918; — A.M Clark, 1967: 648.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1967. Notes on the family Ophiotrichidae (Ophiuroidea). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (13)9(2): 637–655. DOI: 10.1080/00222936608651676 . 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. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) leucotrigonia H.L. Clark, 1918 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on April 01, 2026