Ophiacantha bidentata

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species:

Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)

Original combination: Asterias bidentata Bruzelius, 1805

Type locality: Norwegian Sea

• Asterias bidentata Bruzelius, 1805: 33.
• Ophiocoma bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) Müller & Troschel, 1842: 99–100.
• Ophiocoma arctica Müller & Troschel, 1842: 103–104.
  • Type locality: Svalbard archipelago, Spitsbergen.
• Ophiacantha spinulosa Müller & Troschel, 1842: 107; — Duncan & Sladen, 1877: 466–468.
  • Type locality: Svalbard archipelago, Spitsbergen.
• Ophiacantha groenlandica Müller & Troschel, 1844: 183; — Lütken, 1855: 103.
  • Type locality: Groenland.
• Ophiocoma echinulata Forbes, 1852: 215–216.
• Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) Lyman, 1882: 186; — Koehler, 1898: 55; — H.L. Clark, 1900: 249; — Paterson, 1985: 34–36, fig. 15; — Smirnov et al., 2014: 195; — Hendler, 2018: 210–212, fig. 16; — Madeira et al., 2019: 34.
• Ophiacantha hibernica Farran, 1913: 39–40, figs. 10–11.
  • Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Ireland. 51°22′00″N 12°41′00″W / 51.366667°N 12.683333°W / 51.366667; -12.683333. Depth 982 fms.

• Bruzelius, N. 1805. Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quamr. sub praesidio D.M. and J. Retzii, pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. Berlingianis, Lundae. 1-37. Online. Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1900. The Echinoderms of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 20(2): 233–263. BHL Reference page. 
• Duncan, P.M. & Sladen, P. 1877. Report on the Echinodermata collected during the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series, 20: 449–470. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Forbes, E. 1852. Notes on animals of the class Echinodermata collected by Dr. Sutherland in Assistance Bay. In Sutherland, P.C. Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851, performed by H.M. Ships "Lady Franklin" and "Sophia". II: appendix ccxiv–ccxvi. Internet Archive.Reference page. 
• Hendler, G. 2018. Armed to the teeth: A new paradigm for the buccal skeleton of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Contributions in Science. 526: 189–311. DOI: 10.5962/P.324539 Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1898. Échinides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Nueve). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco. 12: 1–78. BHL Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1855. Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavets Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854-56: 95-104. 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. 
• 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. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1844. Beschreibung neuer Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 10: 178–185. 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. 

• Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on August 05, 2025

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