Ophiacantha echinulata

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: Ophiacantha
Species:

Ophiacantha echinulata Lyman, 1878

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, West of Tortugas, Florida, 24°36′00″N 84°05′00″W / 24.6000000°N 84.083333°W / 24.6000000; -84.083333, depth 955 fms.

Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-1943 [1].

• Ophiacantha echinulata Lyman, 1878: 229–230, pl. 1(7–9); — Lyman, 1883: 262; — Koehler, 1907a: 319; — Koehler, 1914: 81–83; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 78; — Downey, 1969: 68.
• Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) pectinula Verrill, 1899a: 342; — Downey, 1969: 77.
  • Type locality: Caribbean Sea.
  • Holotype: YPM IZ 009892.EC [2].
  • Synonymised by Koehler (1914: 81).
• Ophioscalus echinulatus (Lyman, 1878) Verrill, 1899b: 39, 42.

• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. 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. 
• 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. 1914. A contribution to the study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 84: 1–173. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1878. Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 10(6), 227-287. 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 echinulata Lyman, 1878 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on July 12, 2025

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