WoRMS name details
Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003
242146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242146)
unaccepted (lowered to sugenus level)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New
Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
Taxonomy This species was described with Dictenophiura on generic level (although subgeneric in the image caption), while other...
Taxonomy This species was described with Dictenophiura on generic level (although subgeneric in the image caption), while other authors regard it as a subgenus. However, since Pacific species may be different from Atlantic ones, it is here kept on generic level until a revision solves the matter. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242146 on 2025-12-06
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Nomenclature
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McKnight, D.G. (2003). New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New
Zealand waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 352: 1-36., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/z00352f.pdf, https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.352.1.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This species was described with Dictenophiura on generic level (although subgeneric in the image caption), while other authors regard it as a subgenus. However, since Pacific species may be different from Atlantic ones, it is here kept on generic level until a revision solves the matter. [details]
