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 dallasii Duncan, 1879

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

*Ophiothamnus gracilis*	Studer, 1882	synonym

Literature

original description	Duncan, P.M. 1879. On some Ophiuroidea from the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society, 14(77), 445-482.
basis of record	Stöhr Sabine
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
taxonomy source	O'Hara, T.; Stöhr, S. (2006). Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. In: Richer de Forges, B. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 193: 33-141.

Genbank

Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha dallasii Duncan, 1879. 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:243341