Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Ophiacanthida > Suborder Ophiacanthina > Family Ophiacanthidae

Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiectodia*	Verrill, 1899	synonym
*Ophientodia*	Verrill, 1899	synonym
*Ophiodiplax*	Koehler, 1911	synonym
*Ophioscalus*	Verrill, 1899	synonym

Children

Ophiacantha abyssicola G.O. Sars, 1872
Ophiacantha angolensis Koehler, 1923
Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Ophiacantha brevispina Koehler, 1898
Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885
Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879
Ophiacantha densa Farran, 1913
Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885
Ophiacantha fraterna Verrill, 1885
Ophiacantha lineata Koehler, 1896
Ophiacantha mesembria H.L. Clark, 1915
Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805)
Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895
Ophiacantha smitti Ljungman, 1872
Ophiacantha spinosella Mortensen, 1933
Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907

Literature

original description	Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123587