Ophiura platyacantha

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: Ophiura platyacantha

Name

Ophiura platyacantha (McKnight, 2003)

• original combination: Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003
• Type locality: NIWA station 1744. Coral Sea. 22.366667°S 159.183333°E / -22.366667; 159.183333. Depth 316 m.
• Holotype: NIWA 3351 [H­824].
• Paratypes: NIWA 3446 [P­1376].

Synonymy

• Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003: 20–22, figs. 6C–F.

References

• 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.