Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Family Ophiacanthidae > Genus Ophiacantha

Ophiacantha fraterna Verrill, 1885

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

Literature

original description	Verrill, A.E., 1885. Results of the explorations made by the steamer "Albatross", off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Rep. U.S. Commnr Fish., 1883 : 503-699.
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	Martynov, A.V. & Litvinova, N.M. (2008). Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology research 4: 76-111

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiacantha fraterna Verrill, 1885. 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:124989