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

Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiacantha*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	accepted genus name
*Ophiectodia*	Verrill, 1899	synonym
*Ophientodia*	Verrill, 1899	synonym
*Ophiodiplax*	Koehler, 1911	synonym
*Ophioscalus*	Verrill, 1899	synonym

Species group names

*Ophiacantha composita*	sensu Mortensen, 1927	synonym
*Ophiacantha composita*	sensu Koehler, 1906	synonym

Literature

original description	Koehler, R. (1895). Dragages profonds executes a bord du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Rapport préliminaire sur le Échinodermes. Revue biologique du Nord de la France. 7: 439-496.
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.
redescription	Koehler, R. (1896). Échinodermes. In: Koehler, R. (ed.): Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne — août-septembre 1895 —. Annales de l'Université de Lyon. 26: 33-127, pls. I-IV.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895. 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:125003