Ophiuroidea name details

Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915

243378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243378)

  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 macroplaca (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiocoma macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915) accepted as Ophiomastix macroplaca (H.L. Clark, 1915)
Species
Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32500336 [details] 
Holotype  MCZ OPH-3700  
Holotype MCZ OPH-3700 [details]
, Type locality contained in Hawaii  
type locality contained in Hawaii [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2021). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiacantha macroplaca H.L. Clark, 1915. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243378 on 2026-07-16
Date
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine
2007-12-05 08:40:02Z
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Stöhr, Sabine
2008-03-04 09:40:24Z
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Stöhr, Sabine

original description Clark, H. L. (1915). Catalogue of Recent ophiurans. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25(4): 163-376, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32500336 [details] 

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] 

source of synonymy Devaney, D. M. (1970). Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. <em>Smithson. Contr. Zool.</em> 51: 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.51 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MCZ OPH-3700 [details]
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-3700) 

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