Deep-Sea name details
Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885
124988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124988)
unaccepted > superseded combination (Transferred to Ophiectodia)
Species
Ophiacantha enopla enopla Verrill, 1885 · unaccepted (subspecies removed by Martynov &...)
subspecies removed by Martynov & Litvinova (2008)
- Subspecies Ophiacantha enopla enopla Verrill, 1885 accepted as Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885 accepted as Ophiectodia enopla (Verrill, 1885) (subspecies removed by Martynov & Litvinova (2008))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1885). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England No. 11. <em>American Journal of Science, series 3.</em> 29: 149-157., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37166909 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124988 on 2026-03-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124988 on 2026-03-08
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Verrill, A. E. (1885). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England No. 11. <em>American Journal of Science, series 3.</em> 29: 149-157., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37166909 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1
page(s): 40 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy O'Hara, T. D.; Thuy, B. (2025). Seamount ophiuroids from the High Seas of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5718(1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5718.1.1
page(s): 40 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
