original description
Verrill, A. E. (1899). Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. <em>Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa.</em> 5(1), 1-86.
page(s): 42 [details]
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]
status source
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]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Verrill included Ophiacantha enopla, rosea and spectabilis, originally as subgenus Ophiectodia. He selected no type species. Ophiacantha enopla was designated the type species by O'Hara & Thuy (2025). [details]