Ophiuroidea taxon details

Ophiura (Dictenophiura) platyacantha McKnight, 2003

245731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:245731)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Ophiuroidea (Class)
  6. Myophiuroida (Subclass)
  7. Metophiurida (Infraclass)
  8. Euryophiurida (Superorder)
  9. Ophiurida (Order)
  10. Ophiurina (Suborder)
  11. Ophiuridae (Family)
  12. Ophiurinae (Subfamily)
  13. Ophiura (Genus)
  14. Ophiura (Dictenophiura) (Subgenus)
  15. Ophiura (Dictenophiura) platyacantha (Species)
accepted
Species
Ophiura (Dictenophiura) H.L. Clark, 1923
Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003 · unaccepted (lowered to sugenus level)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Holotype  NIWA 3351  
Holotype NIWA 3351 [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiura (Dictenophiura) platyacantha McKnight, 2003. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=245731 on 2026-08-16
Date
action
by
2007-08-27 13:50:37Z
created
Stöhr, Sabine
2009-04-24 10:28:43Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine
2011-06-29 07:52:58Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003) 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] 

basis of record Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NIWA 3351 [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Dictenophiura platyacantha McKnight, 2003)

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