Ophiacantha cosmica

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species:

Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878

ZooBank: 4D395216-890D-4BD6-B75A-3DD26E2725FA

Type locality: Indian Ocean, Challenger station 157, 53°55′00″S 108°35′00″E / 53.916667°S 108.583333°E / -53.916667; 108.583333, depth 1950 fms [Paterson (1985: 38)].

Syntypes: BMNH 1882.12.23.34 [1] [stated as to countain the holotype by Paterson (1985: 38)]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-1936 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-1937 [3]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-1938 [4]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-1939 [5]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-1940 [6].

• Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878: 146–147, pl. 10(251–254, 262–265, 269–270); — Lyman, 1882: 194–195, pl. 13(13–15); — Lütken, & Mortensen, 1899: 166; — Koehler, 1908: 611–612; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 197; — H.L. Clark, 1939: 42–43; — Fell, 1961: 34; — Downey, 1969: 66; — Tommasi, 1970: 17; — Paterson, 1985: 38, fig. 17; — Stöhr & O’Hara, 2021: 520–522, fig. 4E–G.

• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. Scientific reports. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. 6: 29-136. 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. 
• Fell, H.B. 1961. The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 1. Ophiuroidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 18: 1-79, 19 pls. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1908. Astéries, Ophiures et Echinides de l'Expedition Antarctique National Ecossaise. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 46 (3/22): 529-649. BHL Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F., & Mortensen, T. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. fish comission steamer "Albatross", duing 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23(2): 97-208. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(7): 65–168. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1882. Report on the Ophiuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 5(14): 1–386. BHL Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J. 1985. The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the north Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 49(1): 1–162. BHL Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T.D. 2021. Deep-sea Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Danish Galathea II Expedition, 1950–52, with taxonomic revisions. Zootaxa 4963(3): 505–529. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.6 Reference page. 
• Tommasi, L.R. 1970. Os Ofiuroides recentes do Brasil e de regioes Vizinhas. Contribuições avulsas do Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo. Oceanografia biológica. 20: 1–146.Reference page. 

• Ophiacantha cosmica Lyman, 1878 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on August 02, 2025

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