Ophiacantha nerthepsila

Ophiacantha nerthepsila

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 nerthepsila

Name

Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923

Type locality: " Riet Point ", South Africa. N.E. by E., 2 miles, depth 23 fms.

Holotype: SAM A6437.

Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-4316 ; MCZ:IZ:OPH-4317 ; MCZ:IZ:OPH-4401 ; NHMD107467 .

Synonymy

  • Ophiacantha nerthepsila H.L. Clark, 1923: 319–322, pl. 19(3–4), textfig. 1; — Mortensen, 1933: 316–317, fig. 37.
  • Ophiacantha barracoutae Koehler, 1923: 5, figs. 1–3.
    • Type locality: South Africa, off Cape Barracouta, depth 40 fms.
    • Synonymised by Mortensen (1933: 316).

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