Ophiochasma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiodermatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiodermatina Superfamilia: Ophiodermatoidea

Familia: Ophiodermatidae
Genus: Ophiochasma
Species (2): O. nitidum – O. stellatum

Name

Ophiochasma Grube, 1866

Type species: Ophiarachna stellata Ljungman, 1867, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

• Ophiochasma Grube, 1866; — O’Hara et al., 2018: 15; — Littauer, 2025: 400.

References

• Littauer, R. 2025. Corrections for grammatical agreement in Ophiodermatidae. Zootaxa 5569(2): 400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.11 . Reference page. 
• O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. & Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy 416: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416 Reference page.