Ophiacantha clavigera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: 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 clavigera Koehler, 1907

Type locality: Indian Ocean, Cockburn Sound, depth 6.5–8 m.

Lectotype: ZMUH E2016 designated by Baker & Devaney (1981: 171).

Paralectotypes: WAM MIZ:Z1958 [1]; ZMB 4560 [2]; designated by Baker & Devaney (1981: 171).

Ophiacantha clavigera Koehler, 1907: 170–171, figs. 1–3; — H.L. Clark, 1938: 208; — Baker & Devaney, 1981: 170–171, figs. 41, 79–83; — O’Hara, 1990: 298.

Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155–178. BHL full article (PDF) Reference page.
Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.
Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907. Ophiuroidea. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens 1(4): 241–254. BHL (French). Reference page.
O’Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 50(2): 287–305. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.04 Reference page.