Ophiura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiura
Sungenera (3): O. (Dictenophiura) – O. (Ophiura) – O. (Ophiuroglypha)

Ophiura (s. str.) species: O. mundata – O. nana – O. scutellata – O. spinicantha – O. trimeni

Subgenus Incertae sedis species: O. acervata – †O. achatae – O. aequalis – O. albata – O. albida – O. amphitrites – †O. astonensis – O. atacta – †O. bartonensis – O. bathybia – †O. bognoriensis – †O. bridgerensis – O. calyptolepis – †O. carpelloides – O. clemens – †O. costata – O. crassa – O. cryptolepis – †O. davisi – O. falcifera – O. fallax – O. flagellata – O. flexibilis – O. floscellata – O. fluctuans – O. fraterna – †O. furiae – O. gagara – †O. graysonensis – O. grubei – †O. hendleri – O. imbecillis – O. imprudens – O. indica – O. innoxia – O. kinbergi – O. kofoidi – O. lanceolata – O. lenticularis – O. leptoctenia – O. lienosa – O. ljungmani – O. luetkenii – O. maculata – O. micracantha – O. mimaria – O. mitescens – O. monostoecha – O. nitida – O. ooplax – O. ophiura – O. palliata – †O. parviformis – †O. paucilepis – O. paucisquama – O. podica – †O. pohangensis – O. pteracantha – O. quadrispina – O. robusta – O. rouchi – O. sarsii – O. saurura – O. stenobrachia – †O. sternbergica – †O. straini – †O. tankardi – O. tenera – †O. texana – †O. tinurtiensis – †O. travisana – O. umitakamaruae – O. undulata – †O. utahensis – O. verrucosa – †O. vindobonensis – O. violainae – †O. wetherelli – O. zebra

Species overview: O. acervata – †O. achatae – O. aequalis – O. albata – O. albida – O. amphitrites – O. anoidea – †O. astonensis – O. atacta – †O. bartonensis – O. bathybia – †O. bognoriensis – †O. bridgerensis – O. caledonica – O. calyptolepis – O. carnea – †O. carpelloides – O. clemens – †O. costata – O. crassa – O. cryptolepis – O. ctenophora – †O. davisi – O. falcifera – O. fallax – O. flagellata – O. flexibilis – O. floscellata – O. fluctuans – O. fraterna – †O. furiae – O. gagara – †O. graysonensis – O. grubei – †O. hendleri – O. imbecillis – O. imprudens – O. indica – O. innoxia – O. kofoidi – O. lanceolata – O. lenticularis – O. leptoctenia – O. lienosa – O. ljungmani – O. luetkenii – O. maculata – O. micracantha – O. mimaria – O. mitescens – O. monostoecha – O. mundata – O. nana – O. nitida – O. ooplax – O. ophiura – O. palliata – †O. parviformis – †O. paucilepis – O. paucisquama – O. platyacantha – O. podica – †O. pohangensis – O. pteracantha – O. quadrispina – O. robusta – O. rouchi – O. sarsii – O. saurura – O. scutellata – O. spinicantha – O. squamosa – O. stellata – O. stenobrachia – †O. sternbergica – †O. straini – †O. tankardi – O. tenera – †O. texana – †O. tinurtiensis – †O. travisana – O. trimeni – O. umitakamaruae – O. undulata – †O. utahensis – O. verrucosa – †O. vindobonensis – O. violainae – †O. wetherelli – O. zebra

Name

Ophiura Lamarck, 1801

Type species: Asterias ophiura Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

Ophioglypha Lyman, 1860
- Synonymised by Meissner (1901) [type species transfered to Ophiura].
- Type species: Ophioglypha luetkenii Lyman, 1860
Ophioglyphina Ludwig, 1886
- Synonymised by Mortensen (1927: 233).
Ophioglypina Ludwig, 1886
- Synonymised by Mortensen (1927: 233) [misspelling of Ophioglyphina].
Ophiozea A.H. Clark, 1920
- Synonymised by Mortensen (1927: 233).
- Type species: Ophiolepis robusta Ayres, 1852, by monotypy.

References

Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6(1): 21-51. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1979.10428345 . Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 25]
Clark, A.H. 1920. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Volume VIII: Mollusks, echinoderms, coelenterates, ect. Part C: Echinoderms. Ottawa, J. de Labroquerie Taché. 13pp. page/37449853 BHL. Reference page. [as Ophiozea p. 6 (original description)]
Clark, A.M. 1976. Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840: revised proposals for stabilisation. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(4): 265–267. BHL.Reference page.
Fell, H.B. 1960. Synoptic keys to the genera of Ophiuroidea. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 26: 1–44. Online.Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 32]
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Forbes, E. 1852. Monograph of the Echinodermata of the British tertiaries. London, Printed for the Palæontographical society. 1–36. BHL.Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 32]
Heller, C. 1862. Untersuchungen über die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe. [Wien], Abteilung I.. 46: 415–448. BHL.Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 427–428]
ICZN 1980. OPINION 1152 (Case 1772). Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(2): 78–80. BHL. [Corrigenda: 38(4): 317, 1981. BHL.] Reference page.
Lamarck, J.-B. 1801. Systême des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des orders at des genres de ces animaux; présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Paris: Detreville, viii + 432pp. BHL Google Books Reference page. [see page 350, original description]
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Lütken, C.F. 1855. Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavets Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1854-56: 95-104. BHL Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 99–100]
Ludwig, H. 1886a. Echinodermen des Beringsmeeres. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 1(2): 275–296. BHL Reference page. [as Ophioglyphina p. 283 in the text (original description)]
Lyman, T. 1860. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 193–204 BHL; 252–262 BHL. Reference page. [as Ophioglypha p. 197 (original description)]
Lyman, T. 1865. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, No. 1: Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. viii+200 pp.; pl. I–II; fig. 1–19. BHL Reference page. [see page 16]
Matsumoto, H. 1915. A new classification of the Ophiuroidea: with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68: 43–92. BHL Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 80–81]
Meissner, M. 1901. Echinoderm. Systematik. Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs 2(3): 902–956 BHL Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 924–925]
Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. BHL Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 232–236]
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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. [as Ophiura p. 9]
Thuy, B., Nungesser, K., Numberger-Thuy, L.D. 2022. New Brittle Stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Oligocene of the Mainz Basin, Germany. Taxonomy. 2(2): 196–207. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy2020015 Reference page. [as Ophiura p. 199]