Ophiacantha metallacta

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 metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915

Type locality: Off St. Vincent, St Vincent & The Grenadines, depth: 424 fms.

Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-2036 [1].

Paratypes: MCZ:IZ:OPH-2221 [2]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2037 [3]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2040 [4]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2039 [5]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2038 [6]; MCZ:IZ:OPH-2037 [7].

Ophiacantha metallacta H.L. Clark, 1915: 202–203; — Downey, 1969: 74; — Paterson, 1985: 44, fig. 19.

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.
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.