Ophiothrix

Ophiothrix
The common brittle star, Ophiothrix fragilis, Strangford Lough, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Suborder: Gnathophiurina
Family: Amphiuridae
Genus: Ophiothrix
Müller & Troschel, 1840
Species

see text.

Ophiothrix is a large genus of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) found in oceans worldwide from tropics to Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Systematics and phylogeny

Ophiothrix is a large genus that is currently divided into the following three subgenera: Acanthophiothrix, Ophiothrix and Theophiothrix'. Extant species include:[1]

Subgenus Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix)

  • Ophiothrix armata Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix deceptor Koehler, 1922
  • Ophiothrix diligens Koehler, 1898
  • Ophiothrix exhibita Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix lepidus de Loriol, 1893
  • Ophiothrix leucotrigonia H.L. Clark, 1918
  • Ophiothrix proteus Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix purpurea von Martens, 1867
  • Ophiothrix scorpio (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  • Ophiothrix scotiosa Murakami, 1943
  • Ophiothrix signata Koehler, 1922
  • Ophiothrix spinosissima Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix suensoni Lütken, 1856
  • Ophiothrix versatilis Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix vetusta Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix vexator Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix vigelandi A.M. Clark, 1968
  • Ophiothrix viridialba von Martens, 1867

Subgenus Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix)

  • Ophiothrix accedens Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix ailsae Tommasi, 1970
  • Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825)
  • Ophiothrix aristulata Lyman, 1879
  • Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879
  • Ophiothrix ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Ophiothrix consecrata Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix contenta Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix crassispina Koehler, 1904
  • Ophiothrix deposita Koehler, 1904
  • Ophiothrix dyscrita Clark, 1915
  • Ophiothrix echinotecta Balinsky, 1957
  • Ophiothrix elegans Lütken, 1869
  • Ophiothrix exigua Lyman, 1874
  • Ophiothrix foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887
  • Ophiothrix infirma Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix koreana Duncan, 1879
  • Ophiothrix leucospida Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix liodisca H.L. Clark, 1915
  • Ophiothrix marenzelleri Koehler, 1904
  • Ophiothrix miles Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix oerstedii Lütken, 1856
  • Ophiothrix oliveri Benham, 1910
  • Ophiothrix panchyendyta Clark, 1911
  • Ophiothrix pavida Koehler, 1922
  • Ophiothrix picteti de Loriol, 1893
  • Ophiothrix plana Lyman, 1874
  • Ophiothrix prostrata Koehler, 1922
  • Ophiothrix roseocoerulans Grube, 1868
  • Ophiothrix rotata von Martens, 1870
  • Ophiothrix rudis Lyman, 1874
  • Ophiothrix savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  • Ophiothrix spiculata Le Conte, 1851
  • Ophiothrix tradita Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix tricuspida Cherbonnier & Guille, 1978
  • Ophiothrix trilineata Lütken, 1869
  • Ophiothrix trindadensis Tommasi, 1970
  • Ophiothrix vitrea Döderlein, 1896

Subgenus Ophiothrix (Theophrix)

  • Ophiothrix pusilla Lyman, 1874

Subgenus not allocated

  • Ophiothrix amphibola H.L. Clark, 1939
  • Ophiothrix beata Koehler, 1907
  • Ophiothrix berberis Lyman, 1879
  • Ophiothrix brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1915
  • Ophiothrix cimar Hendler, 2005
  • Ophiothrix comata Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Ophiothrix congensis Koehler, 1911
  • Ophiothrix convoluta Koehler, 1914
  • Ophiothrix cotteaui (de Loriol, 1900)
  • Ophiothrix dedita Koehler, 1930
  • Ophiothrix dirrhabdota H.L. Clark, 1918
  • Ophiothrix eurycolpodes H.L. Clark, 1918
  • Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
  • Ophiothrix galapagensis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899
  • Ophiothrix hartforti A.H. Clark, 1939
  • Ophiothrix innocens Koehler, 1898
  • Ophiothrix lineata Lyman, 1860
  • Ophiothrix luetkeni Wyville Thomson, 1873
  • Ophiothrix maculata Ljungman, 1872
  • Ophiothrix magnifica Lyman, 1860
  • Ophiothrix marginata Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix merguiensis Duncan, 1887
  • Ophiothrix nociva Koehler, 1907
  • Ophiothrix pallida Ljungman, 1872
  • Ophiothrix parasita Müller & Troschel, 1844
  • Ophiothrix petersi Studer, 1882
  • Ophiothrix planulatus Stimpson, 1855
  • Ophiothrix platyactis H.L. Clark, 1939
  • Ophiothrix quinquemaculata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
  • Ophiothrix rathbuni Ludwig, 1882
  • Ophiothrix simplex Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix stri Hendler, 2005
  • Ophiothrix synoecina Schoppe, 1996
  • Ophiothrix tenuis Koehler, 1905
  • Ophiothrix variegata Duncan, 1887
  • Ophiothrix viator Koehler, 1904

References


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