Ophiacantha costata

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species:

Ophiacantha costata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899

Syntypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1941 [1]; MNHN-IE-2013-10259 [2]; USNM 19573 [3]; USNM 19574 [4].

• Ophiacantha costata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899: 172–173, pl. 16 fig. 10, pl. 17 figs. 4–6; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 197; — Downey, 1969: 66.

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

• Ophiacantha costata Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on July 27, 2025

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