Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > 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, 1871
Ophiacantha angolensis Koehler, 1923
Ophiacantha anomala G.O. Sars, 1872
Ophiacantha aristata Koehler, 1895
Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Ophiacantha brevispina Koehler, 1898
Ophiacantha crassidens Verrill, 1885
Ophiacantha cuspidata Lyman, 1878
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 nodosa Lyman, 1878
Ophiacantha notata Koehler, 1906
Ophiacantha parcita Koehler, 1906
Ophiacantha rosea Lyman, 1878
Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805)
Ophiacantha simulans Koehler, 1895
Ophiacantha smitti Ljungman, 1872
Ophiacantha spectabilis G.O. Sars, 1871
Ophiacantha spinosella Mortensen, 1933
Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907

Literature

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	Clark, A.M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulluetin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842. In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123587