Ophiacanthidae Ljungman 1867
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Description
Family Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867
Synonyms
Ophiochondrinae Verrill, 1885: 355.
Ophioplinthacinae Paterson, 1985: 61.
Ophiocanopidae Mortensen, 1932: 8.
Type genus
Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type species: O. bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)).
Other genera
Ophialcaea Verrill, 1899a, Ophientrema Verrill, 1899b, Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922a, Ophiochondrus Lyman, 1869, Ophiohamus O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006, Ophiolebes Lyman, 1878a, Ophiolimna Verrill, 1899a, Ophiomitrella Verrill, 1899a, Ophiomoeris Koehler, 1904, ‘ Ophiophthalmus’ Matsumoto, 1917, Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899b, Ophioripa Koehler, 1922a, Ophiosemnotes Matsumoto, 1917, Ophiurothamnus Matsumoto, 1917.
Diagnosis
Dorsal disc fully scaled, with thorny spines or granules, or with thickened skin. No tooth clusters. Dental plate entire with single column of wide sockets with low dorsal and ventral border, not penetrating. Arm spine articulations bordered by raised, dorsoventrally striated ridge. Ventral portion of lateral arm plates (the portion below the row of spine articulations) small and not protruding ventro-proximalwards. Ridge on inner side of lateral arm plates with two kinks and a dorsal tip with a ventro-proximalwards pointing projection.
Remarks
The genera Ophiacantha, Ophiomitrella and Ophiolebes are polyphyletic and require revision.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Ljungman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Order
- Ophiurida
- Family
- Ophiacanthidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophiacanthidae Ljungman, 1867 sec. Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
References
- Ljungman A. V. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita. Ofversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps- Akademiens Forhandlingar 1866 23: 303 - 336.
- Mortensen T. 1932. On an extraordinary ophiurid, Ophiocanops fugiens Koehler. With remarks on Astrogymnotes, Ophiopteron, and on an albino Ophiocoma. V idenskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 93: 1 - 22.
- Muller J. H. & Troschel F. H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig.
- Bruzelius N. 1805. Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quamr. sub praesidio D. M. and. J. Retzii, pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. Lundae.
- Verrill A. E. 1899 a. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama expedition in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 5: 1 - 86.
- Verrill A. E. 1899 b. North American Ophiuroidea. I. - Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian Ophiurans. II. - A faunal catalogue of the known species of West Indian Ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy 10: 301 - 386.
- Koehler R. 1922 a. Ophiurans of the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 100: 1 - 486.
- Lyman T. 1869. Preliminary report on the Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae dredged in deep water between Cuba and Florida Reef. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 309 - 354.
- O'Hara T. D. & Stohr S. 2006. Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae. Tropical Deep Sea Benthos (Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 193) 24: 33 - 141.
- Lyman T. 1878 a. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the " Challenger " expedition. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 5: 65 - 168.
- Koehler R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga Expeditie Monographs 45 a: 1 - 176, pls 1 - 36.
- Matsumoto H. 1917. A monograph of Japanese Ophiuroidea, arranged according to a new classification. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tokyo 38: 1 - 408.