Ophiacantha crassidens

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species:

Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885

Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean, USA, off Cape Hatteras.

• Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885: 152; — Verrill, 1899a: 325; — Verrill, 1899b: 38; — Koehler, 1909b: 185–186, pl. 26(9–11); — Farran, 1913: 42–43, fig. 14; — Mortensen, 1927: 192–193, fig. 106; — Gage et al., 1983: 291; — Paterson, 1985: 40–41, fig. 17; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 195; — Madeira et al.: 2019: 34.
• Ophiacantha decipiens Koehler, 1906: 22–23, pl. 2(26–27); — Koehler, 1907a: 317; — Koehler, 1907: 283–284, pl. 20(31–32); — Mortensen, 1927: 190.
  • Type locality: Azores, 38°38′00″N 28°21′00″W / 38.633331°N 28.35°W / 38.633331; -28.35, 1257 m depth.
  • Holotype: MNHN-IE-2013-10227 [1].
  • Synonymised by Paterson (1985: 40).

• Farran, G.P. 1913. The deep water Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea of the west coast of Ireland. Department of Agriculure and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Fisheries Branch. Scientific Ivestigations. 1912(6): 1–66. BHL.Reference page. 
• Gage, J.D., Pearson, M., Clark, A.M., Paterson, G.L.J., Tyler, P.A. 1983. Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 45(5): 263–308. BHL.Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1906. Description des Ophiures nouvelles recueilles par le Travailleur et Talisman pendant les campagnes de 1880, 1881, 1882, & 1883. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 19: 5-35. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907a. Révision de la collection des Ophiures du Museum d'histoire Naturelle Paris. Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 41: 279-351, pl. X-XIV. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907 [1906]. Ophiures. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 7: 245–311. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1909b. Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (Astéries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoïdes). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco. 34: 1-317. BHL Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. 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. 
• Smirnov, I.S., Piepenburg, D., Ahearn, C., Juterzenka, K.V. 2014. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. 11(1): 192–209. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1885a. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England No. 11. American Journal of Science serie 3. 29(170): 149–157. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899a. North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(7): 301–371. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899b. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page. 

• Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on July 26, 2025

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