Ophiura (Dictenophiura)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Subgenus: Ophiura (Dictenophiura)
Species: O. anoidea – O. caledonica – O. carnea – O. ctenophora – O. platyacantha – O. squamosa – O. stellata

Name

Ophiura (Dictenophiura) H.L. Clark, 1923

Synonymy

• Dictenophiura H.L. Clark, 1923 (original rank as genus)
  • Type species: Dictenophiura anoidea H.L. Clark, 1923

References

• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, pls VIII-XXIII. BHL Reference page.  [as Dictenophiura p. 361, original description]
• McKnight, D.G. 2003. New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters. Zootaxa 352(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.352.1.1 Reference page.  [as Dictenophiura p. 19]