Ophiuroidea taxon details

Ophiacantha scutigera Mortensen, 1933

213092  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213092)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Ophintegrida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiacanthida (Order)
  10. Ophiacanthina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiacanthidae (Family)
  12. Ophiacantha (Genus)
  13. Ophiacantha scutigera (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details] 
Note off Durban, 165-366 m  
Type locality off Durban, 165-366 m [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha scutigera Mortensen, 1933. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213092 on 2025-09-16
Date
action
by
2000-04-17 19:03:52Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-04-25 20:18:50Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine

original description Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details] 

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Paratype MCZ OPH-5874 [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality off Durban, 165-366 m [details]
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-5874) 

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