Ophiura spinicantha McKnight, 2003: 23

Stöhr, Sabine & O’Hara, Timothy D., 2021, Deep-sea Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Danish Galathea II Expedition 1950 - 52, with taxonomic revisions, Zootaxa 4963 (3), pp. 505-529 : 514

Ophiura spinicantha McKnight, 2003: 23 , fig. 6A, B, E

Figure 2A–E

Material examined

TASMAN SEA • 11 specimens; 44°18’S, 166°46’E; 3580–3830 m; 17 Jan. 1952; Galathea II stn. 607; NHMD- 868420.

KERMADEC TRENCH • 40 specimens; 36°31’S, 178°38’E; 4410 m; 24 Feb. 1952, Galathea II stn. 663; brown sandy clay with pumice; NHMD-867469 • 7 specimens; 36°34’S, 178°57’E; 4540 m; 24 Feb. 1952; stn. 664; brown sandy clay with pumice; NHMD-868436 •>1000 specimens; 36°38’S, 178°21’E; 2470 m; 25 Feb. 1952; Galathea II stn. 665; grey clay; NHMD-867097, NHMD-868256, NHMD-305697 • 500 specimens; 36°23’S, 177°41’E; 2640 m; 29 Feb. 1952; Galathea II stn. 668; clay; NHMD-305698, NHMD-868225, SMNH-130495–130496.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A–E, Ophiura spinicantha, Galathea II stn. 668. A–B SMNH-130496, A, dorsal disc, B, dorsal arm and radial shields, C–D, SMNH-130494, C, lateral arm with spines, D, ventral arm, E, ventral disc, SMHN-130495. F–H, Ophiura ljungmani, Iceland, BIOICE expedition. F, dorsal arm, disc segment with radial shields, SMNH-87642, G, same individual as F, disc spines, H, ventral aspect, SMNH-41981. SEM images. AdS, adoral shield, AS, arm spine, DAP, dorsal arm plate, OPa, oral papillae sensu lato, OS, oral shield, RS, radial shield, VAP, ventral arm plate. Scale bars A-F = 1 mm, G = 0.1 mm.